The Alberta dilemma: Optimal sharing of a water resource by an agricultural and an oil sector

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 548-566

  Gaudet, Gérard ^a   Moreaux, Michel ^b   Withagen, Cees ^c,d  

^a Canada H3A 2T7   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hotelling rule; Nonrenewable resources; Oil; Renewable resources; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

HOTELLING RULE; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURE; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; OIL INDUSTRY; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 33747793358     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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