Pricing Sydney water

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-241

  Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Kompas, Tom ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Urban water; Water policy; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 34547844295     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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