If informed and rational judgments are to be made concerning
proposed large scale interbasin water diversions, it is imperative
that competent positive analysis be undertaken by scientists of relevant
disciplines. It is the primary purpose of this thesis to pull together
into a single interrelated package, the economic theory needed
to establish a framework for analyzing the economic efficiency and
distributive impacts of interbasin water transfers. Accordingly, a
model is developed such that efficiency implications of resource
transfer schemes can be ascertained; the components of the model
are identified so that direct regional income redistributive effects
might be determined. The model is then extended to consider value
in transit, intrafirm production interdependencies, interfirm production
interdependencies, and indirect benefits and costs.
Finally, a method is demonstrated for estimating one component
of the efficiency model. The marginal value productivity of water
in irrigated agriculture is estimated from secondary data sources
using least-squares regression analysis. / Graduation date: 1970
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/26500 |
| Date | 11 July 1969 |
| Creators | Beattie, Bruce R. |
| Contributors | Brown, W. G. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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