Regulation versus pricing in urban water policy: The case of the Australian National Water Initiative

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-449

  Byrnes, Joel ^a   Crase, Lin ^b   Dollery, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Urban water; Water market; Water reform

Indexed keywords

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; PRICING POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33748290140     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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