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Assessment of Irrigation Pricing Policies: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Prosperi, Maurizio; Giannoccaro, Giacomo; Martín-Ortega, Julia; Alcón, Francisco (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013)The European Water Framework Directive encourages pricing policy reforms in order to protect the environmental quality of water and promote its efficient use. This paper deals with two aspects of efficiency, namely ... -
Benchmarking exercise using Data Envelopment Analysis an apllication to irrigation water pricing
Prosperi, Maurizio; Zanni, Giacomo; Berbel, Julio; Giannoccaro, Giacomo (CIHEAM, 2011) -
DEA application to evaluate the technical and ecological efficiency of water pricing policies
Prosperi, Maurizio; Zanni, Giacomo; Giannoccaro, Giacomo (EAAE, 2007)With the enforcement of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD), policy makers are required to pursue the improvement of the use efficiency of the water resources in the agricultural sector. For this purpose, we ... -
Economic Effects of Legislative Framework Changes in Groundwater Use Rights for Irrigation
Prosperi, Maurizio; Zanni, Giacomo; Giannoccaro, Giacomo (MDPI, 2011)In most countries, groundwater resource is a public good, and the entitlement of use rights by the public authority to final users differs according to a country-specific legislative framework. In Italy, groundwater ... -
Irrigation pricing policy aimed at the enhancement of water saving innovation at farm level. A case study
Gatta, Giuseppe; Monteleone, Massimo; Prosperi, Maurizio; Zanni, Giacomo; Giannoccaro, Giacomo (CIHEAM, 2007)In this study we analyze the price inducement effect of a generalized water tariff increase in the adoption of water saving innovation at farm level. We apply a linear programming decision making model to analyze the ... -
Role of the irrigation charges to induce the adoption of water saving innovation in semi-arid regions
Prosperi, Maurizio; Monteleone, Massimo; Gatta, Giuseppe; Zanni, Giacomo; Giannoccaro, Giacomo (Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza, 2008)The paper investigates about the effectiveness of water charges in inducing farmers to adopt the technical innovation aimed at water saving. It is claimed that by increasing water charge, the signal of the scarcity of ...