Federal water policy reform: Implications for irrigated farms in California

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Weinberg, Marca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21744437204     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1997.tb00466.x     Document Type: Article

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