Block-rate versus uniform water pricing in agriculture: An empirical analysis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 986-999

  Bar Shira, Ziv ^a   Finkelshtain, Israel ^a   Simhon, Avi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Block rate pricing; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; PRICING POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33750045453     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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