WATER CONSERVATION: THE ROLE OF PRICE AND REGULATION IN RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION

Economic Papers

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-285

  Barrett, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Water conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746742207     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00371.x     Document Type: Article

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