Regulating water quantity and quality in irrigated agriculture: Learning by investing under asymmetric information

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-27

  Dinar, A ^a   Xepapadeas, A ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; INVESTMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTIONS; ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; INVESTMENT POLICIES; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; LEARNING EFFECTS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; REGULATORY AGENCIES; WATER QUANTITIES;

AGRICULTURE;

INCENTIVE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TAX SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 0036251335     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015265912341     Document Type: Article

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