Water management reform and the choice of contractual form in China

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-200

  Huang, Qiuqiong ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Msangi, Siwa ^c   Wang, Jinxia ^d   Huang, Jikun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 41849140511     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X07004196     Document Type: Article

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