2006 Presidential address water markets in the west: Prices, trading, and contractual forms

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-112

  Brewer, Jedidiah ^a   Glennon, Robert ^a   Ker, Alan ^a   Libecap, Gary ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 42149176005     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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