Coordination mechanism in virtual water strategy:Cooperative game
Virtual water strategy(VWS)provides a feasible solution for the uneven distribution of water resources in many countries and regions.However,the implementation of VWS involves a cooperative game mechanism that needs further study.Based on the principal-agent model and Shapley value model,this study proposes a benefit distribution mechanism of the cooperative game including the regions where the VWS is implemented and their superior government,and verifies the rationality and feasibility of the mechanism through numerical simulation.The results show that the benefit distribution mechanism in cooperative game is conducive to the smooth implementation of the virtual water strategy,which fully takes the interests of the superior government and various regions into account.On one hand,the cooperative game mechanism can help the superior government encouraging more regions to join the alliance to implement VWS,thereby maximizing its benefits.On the other hand,the distribution model guided by Shapley value integrates efficiency and fairness,which can not only expand the scale of regional alliances of VWS,but also maximize the overall utility of the entire society.This study proves that the cooperative game theory is conducive to efficiently improve the uneven distribution of water resources and the imbalance between supply and demand of virtual water.
water resourcesvirtual water strategyprincipal-agent modelShapley valuecooperative game