A preliminary analysis of Texas ranchers’ willingness to participate in a brush control cost-sharing program to improve off-site water yields

Ecological Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-152

  Thurow, Amy P ^a   Conner, J Richard ^b   Thurow, Thomas L ^c   Garriga, Matthew D ^b  

^a Natural Resource Consultants   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture to urban water transfer; Brush control; Cragg model; Ex ante policy

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WATER SUPPLY; WEED CONTROL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035063086     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00271-8     Document Type: Article

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