Issues in defining property rights to improve Australian water markets

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-89

  Brennan, D ^b   Scoccimarro, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032890894     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00069     Document Type: Article

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