Evaluation of price policy in the presence of water theft

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 928-941

  Ray, Isha ^b   Williams, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canal irrigation; India; Mathematical programming; Price policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0032732628     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244335     Document Type: Article

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