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The fallacious strategy of virtual water trade

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  • Shaofeng Jia
  • Qiubo Long
  • Wenhua Liu

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Since the concept of virtual water was put forward, there has been an increasing number of papers on the topic, as a result of which virtual water is now being mainstreamed in the water policy world. Unfortunately, virtual water trade strategy as a solution to water shortages is wrong and fallacious. Although the virtual water trade theory is considered a descendant of the comparative advantage theory of economics, it is in fact an over-simplification, going from the truth to fallacy. To make decisions of virtual water trade based on only one production factor, water, though there are many other production factors that influence the allocation of resources at the same time, is misleading theoretically and practically.

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  • Shaofeng Jia & Qiubo Long & Wenhua Liu, 2017. "The fallacious strategy of virtual water trade," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(2), pages 340-347, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:33:y:2017:i:2:p:340-347
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1180591
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