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The Political Economy of Regional Water Institutions

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  • Helen M. Ingram

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Water experts, prominent among them resource economists, typically suggest a unified regional organization as the appropriate institutional approach to an entire range of problems. Yet, the performance of multistate regional organizations has been disappointing. It is argued here that failure of regional institutions to innovate is largely determined by the restraints imposed by political viability. The article describes the political environment of regional organizations and the incentives and disincentives for various interests to associate themselves with regional organizations. Finally, various possible strategies whereby a regional organization can build support are outlined.

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  • Helen M. Ingram, 1973. "The Political Economy of Regional Water Institutions," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 55(1), pages 10-18.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:55:y:1973:i:1:p:10-18.
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    1. Castle, Emery N. & Kelso, Maurice M. & Stevens, Joe B. & Stoevener, Herbert H., 1981. "PART III. Natural Resource Economics, 1946-75," AAEA Monographs, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 337228, january.
    2. Jacob D. Petersen-Perlman & Itay Fischhendler, 2018. "The weakness of the strong: re-examining power in transboundary water dynamics," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 275-294, April.

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