Water rights for variable supplies

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-312

  Freebairn, John ^a   Quiggin, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Property rights; State contingentclaims; Water

Indexed keywords

PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748300752     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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