Farmers' willingness to pay for groundwater protection

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 833-841

  Lichtenberg, Erik ^a   Zimmerman, Rae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH CARE; LEACHING; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER PROTECTION POLICY;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0033105601     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900066     Document Type: Article

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