Rent-seeking behaviour and regulatory capture in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Social Sciences

• efficiency 20%
• governance 18%
• government program 34%
• irrigation 35%
• Irrigation infrastructure 51%
• purchase 26%
• reform 17%
• rent 61%
• River basins 39%
• subsidy 28%
• water 45%
• Water diversion 54%
• Water entitlements 55%

Business & Economics

• Deficiency 18%
• Diversion 23%
• Entitlement 22%
• Irrigation 43%
• Purchase 12%
• Regulatory Capture 89%
• Rent-seeking 65%
• River Basin 28%
• Seller 15%
• Subsidies 15%
• Value for Money 21%
• Water 42%
• Water Governance 34%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• basin 28%
• infrastructure 10%
• irrigation 22%
• program 15%
• purchase 15%
• recommendation 10%
• rent seeking 100%
• river basin 11%
• subsidy 15%
• water 17%