Price elasticity of water allocations demand in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-55

  Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b   Shanahan, Martin ^a   Zuo, Alec ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Price elasticity; Water allocations demand; Water allocations supply; Water markets

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOULBURN; MURRAY BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 38849106798     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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