An empirical investigation of institutional change in groundwater management in texas: The Edwards aquifer case

abstract

• Texas Senate Bill 1477 changed the rules governing water appropriation in the Edwards Aquifer from a "rule of capture" to a "permit system." This article discusses some of the factors that explain the institutional change and empirically estimates the likely impact of the change. The article concludes that industrial and municipal water users benefited from the introduction of water marketing even though overall welfare declined. Also, the state's objective to protect endangered species was achieved with increased flows to key rivers, streams, bays, and estuaries in the aquifer region.

authors

• Boadu, Frederick
• Mccarl, Bruce

published proceedings

• NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL

author list (cited authors)

• Boadu, F. O., Mccarl, B. M., & Gillig, D.

complete list of authors

• Boadu, Fred O||Mccarl, Bruce M||Gillig, Dhazn

publication date

• December 2007

publisher

• Natural Resources Journal  Publisher

published in

• The Natural Resources Journal  Journal

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/182905

start page

• 117

end page

• 163

volume

• 47

issue

• 1