Water markets and water quality

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 278-291

  Weinberg, Marca ^a   Kling, Catherine L ^a   Wilen, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Efficient policies; Programming models; Water markets

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; DECISION MAKING; IRRIGATION PRACTICE; MODELLING APPROACH; NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; WATER MARKET;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY;

EID: 0027722760     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1242912     Document Type: Article

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