Valuing options for reserve water in the Fitzroy Basin

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-114

  Rolfe, John ^a   Windle, Jill ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice modeling; Environmental assets; Supply response

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FITZROY RIVER; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 17644374167     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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