Household responses to increased water rates during the California drought

Land Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 246-266

  Pint, Ellen M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER ECONOMICS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032882665     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147009     Document Type: Article

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