Water conservation policy analysis: An interregional, multi-output, primal-dual optimization approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 163-177

  Schaible, Glenn D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi output production; Water policy; Water demand elasticities

Indexed keywords

MARSHALLIA;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 0031409998     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243951     Document Type: Article

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