Monopoly power and distribution in fragmented markets: The case of groundwater

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 783-808

  Jacoby, Hanan G ^a   Murgai, Rinku ^a   Ur Rehman, Saeed ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MONOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER ECONOMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3843074413     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2004.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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