Water policy reform in Australia: Lessons from the Victorian seasonal water market

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-423

  Brennan, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY REFORM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSACTION COST; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33748302124     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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