Explaining irrigation technology choices: A microparameter approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1064-1072

  Green, Gareth ^a   Sunding, David ^b   Zilberman, David ^c   Parker, Doug ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Executive Office of the President ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset heterogeneity; Irrigation technology; Microparameters; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; IRRIGATION; MICROPARAMETER APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY CHOICE;

EID: 0030319545     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243862     Document Type: Article

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