Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/4122 
Kompletter Metadatensatz
DublinCore-FeldWertSprache
dc.contributor.authorBerrittella, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorRehdanz, Katrinen
dc.contributor.authorTol, Richard S. J.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T14:16:53Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T14:16:53Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/4122-
dc.description.abstractWater resources are unevenly spread in China. Especially the basins of the Yellow, Hui and Hai rivers in the North are rather dry. To increase the supply of water in these basins, the South-to-North Water Transfer project (SNWT) was launched. Using a computable general equilibrium model this study estimates the impact of the project on the economy of China and the rest of the world. We contrast three alternative groups of scenarios. All are directly concerned with the South-to-North water transfer project to increase water supply. In the first group of scenarios additional supply implies productivity gains. We call it the 'non-market' solution. The second group of scenarios is called 'market solution'. The market price for water adjusts such that supply and demand are equated again. In the third group of simulations the economic implications of China’s capital investment in infrastructure for the water South-North water transfer project is analyzed. Finally, the investment is combined with the increased capacity of water. If an increase in water supply in China leads to an increase in productivity of their water-intensive goods and services (non-market solution) this would result in a huge positive welfare effect from increased production and export. The effect on China's welfare would still be positive, if a market for water would exist (market solution), but the world as a whole would lose. The negative effect for the rest of the world is largely explained by a deterioration of its terms-of-trade. Well functioning water markets in China are unlikely to exist.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) |cMilanoen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aNota di Lavoro |x2006,154en
dc.subject.jelD58en
dc.subject.jelQ25en
dc.subject.jelR13en
dc.subject.jelQ28en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSouth-North Water Transfer Projecten
dc.subject.keywordWater Policyen
dc.subject.keywordWater Scarcityen
dc.subject.keywordComputable General Equilibriumen
dc.titleThe economic impact of the South-North water transfer project in China: A computable general equilibrium analysis-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn556264169en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
1.16 MB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.