Benefits from Groundwater Management: Magnitude, Sensitivity, and Distribution
基于加州地下水依赖区的实证估计，地下水管理的福利收益对需求曲线和利率敏感，但通常低于10%；抽水税带来的税收远大于管理收益，配额制下用户获益而抽水税下可能受损。
Abstract Empirical estimates of benefits from groundwater management are reported for an area in California with heavy reliance on groundwater supplies. Benefits are quite sensitive to the water demand schedule and interest rate but less sensitive to other parameters. However, in all cases considered the increases in welfare from groundwater management are less than ten percent. Tax revenues received under a system of pump taxes are four to five times as large as the benefits from management. Thus, groundwater users gain under a system of quotas but may suffer substantial welfare losses under pump taxes.