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The Irrigation Demand for Electricity
Author(s) -
Maddigan Ruth J.,
Rizy Colleen Gallagher,
Chern Wen S.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1240576
Subject(s) - irrigation , electricity , economics , agricultural economics , electricity demand , environmental science , water resource management , natural resource economics , econometrics , business , electricity generation , power (physics) , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
This paper examines the regional differences in the irrigation demand for electricity. The analysis is based upon the Rural Electric Cooperatives' statistics on the sale of power for irrigation. A simultaneous‐equation system is developed to focus on both the short‐run utilization of electricity in irrigation and the long‐run determination of the number of irrigators using electricity. The structural equations are estimated using pooled, state‐level data for the period 1969–79. In light of the model's results, the impacts of changes in relative energy prices on irrigation are examined.