Estimating intertemporal preferences for natural resource allocation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 969-983

  Howitt, Richard E ^a   Msangi, Siwa ^b   Reynaud, Arnaud ^c   Knapp, Keith C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic estimation; Recursive utility; Stochastic dynamic programming; Water management

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; RESERVOIR; STOCHASTICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 29144482661     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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