Transaction Costs and Institutional Change: An Analysis of Western Water Law Regarding Transfers from Agriculture to Urban and Environmental Uses

交易成本和制度变迁：西方水法关于农业向城市和环境用途转移的分析

• 批准号: 0317375
• 负责人: Gary Libecap
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0317375&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transaction; Costs; Institutional; Change; Analysis

Prop ID: 0317375 P I: Libecap, Gary D. Organization:National Bureau of Economic Research Inc Title: Transaction Costs and Institutional Change: An Analysis of Western Water Law Regarding Transfers from Agriculture to Urban and Environmental Uses CO-PI: Robert J. Glennan CO-PI: Alan Ker Institutional Affiliation: University of ArizonaThe water problem in the semi-arid American West requires a reallocation of water from agriculture to urban and environmental uses. The research question is whether water law and institutions facilitate the reallocation, or transfer, from historic uses to new uses. This project examines water transfers from agriculture to urban and environmental uses in western states to determine how water law affects the transaction costs of transfer. More specifically, it analyzes water law in 12 states by examining statutes, judicial opinions, and administrative rules across the states, and also Federal law, with respect to a list of factors that affect the transaction costs of transfer; by determining the relative importance of legal rules relative to economic variables in explaining differences in observed water transfers across the 12 states; and by determining whether water law has changed between 1980 and 2002 to facilitate transfers to allow water to flow to potentially higher-valued uses in the 12 states. Scientific Merit: The project adds to the body of scientific knowledge regarding the process of institutional change in the presence of high transaction costs. The research will contribute to the economics and legal literatures on transaction costs and institutional change, and it will be part of the resources literature on water. The project also adds to the body of scientific knowledge regarding the ways in which the legal structure in western states is or is not responding to pressure to reallocate a critical resource, water. Broader Impacts: Efficient use of water is a growing issue, not only in the semi-arid American west, but also more broadly, throughout the world where water supplies are increasingly limited relative to growing demand. The project will provide insights into the legal, economic, and political factors that inhibit the transfer of water to higher-valued uses with implications for economic development, growth, and welfare. Policy recommendations may be possible. Undergraduate and graduate students in economics, law, and resource economics will be centrally involved in the research, discussion, and analysis.

Prop ID：0317375 P I：Libecap，加里D.组织：国家经济研究局公司标题：交易成本和制度变革：西部水法关于从农业转移到城市和环境用途的分析CO-PI：Robert J. Glennan CO-PI：Alan Ker机构隶属关系：亚利桑那大学美国西部半干旱地区的水问题需要将水从农业重新分配到城市和环境用途。研究的问题是，水的法律和制度是否有利于重新分配，或转移，从历史用途到新的用途。 该项目研究了西部各州从农业到城市和环境用途的水转移，以确定水法如何影响转移的交易成本。 更具体地说，它分析了水法在12个州通过检查法规，司法意见，和行政规则在各州，也联邦法律，相对于一个列表的因素，影响交易成本的转让;通过确定相对于经济变量的法律的规则的相对重要性，在解释差异观察到的水转让在12个州;并确定1980年至2002年期间水法是否发生了变化，以促进转让，使水流向12个州的潜在更高价值的用途。 科学价值：该项目增加了关于在交易成本高的情况下体制变革进程的科学知识。 这项研究将有助于经济学和法律的文献的交易成本和制度变迁，它将是一部分的资源文献的水。该项目还增加了关于西部各州的法律的结构如何对重新分配关键资源水的压力作出反应或不作出反应的科学知识。 更广泛的影响：水的有效利用是一个日益严重的问题，不仅在半干旱的美国西部，而且更广泛地说，在世界各地，水供应相对于不断增长的需求越来越有限。 该项目将提供对法律的、经济和政治因素的深入了解，这些因素阻碍了水资源向更高价值用途的转移，并对经济发展、增长和福利产生影响。政策建议是可能的。 经济学，法学和资源经济学的本科生和研究生将集中参与研究，讨论和分析。