Cadillac Desert revisited: Property rights, public policy, and water-resource depletion

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-155

  Holland, Stephen P ^a,b   Moore, Michael R ^c  

^a Energy Institute at Haas and National Bureau of Economic Research   (United States)

^b FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Backstop; Central Arizona Project; Exhaustible resource; Natural resource development; Setup costs; Water

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

PROPERTY RIGHTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER; LEGISLATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038679592     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-0696(02)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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