Resumen

BRAVO PEREZ, Héctor Manuel; CASTRO RAMIREZ, Juan Carlos  y  GUTIERREZ ANDRADE, Miguel Ángel. Evaluación económica de la aplicación de políticas de distribución del agua superficial en la agricultura de Guanajuato. El trimestre econ [online]. 2007, vol.74, n.295, pp.685-717.  Epub 20-Nov-2020. ISSN 2448-718X.

The question answered in this work is: How is the welfare of the Lerma Chapala population affected if the supply of water is reduced for the agricultural sector as it increases Chapala’s lake level?

The hypothesis says that: The total volume of water that is removed from the farmers (in Guanajuato State) goes to wards Chapala’s lake. However the increase in the level of this lake isn’t sufficient reason for the welfare of the population of the basin, since this will depend on the comparison or the balance that is established between the following two opposing reasons: i) the positive effect caused by the increase in the environments valuation, when treated from an economic point of view, by the lake; ii) the negative impact on the welfare of the consumers of the state of Guanajuato, that takes place when it increases the price of the agricultural good, as a result of the reduction of the supply of water to the farmers and the increase derived from the value of the water.

Palabras llave : equilibrio general computable; matriz de contabilidad social; demanda de agua; manejo del agua en cuencas; política pública del sector hidráulico.