Conflicts over water in the Upper Klamath Basin and the potential role for market-based allocations

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-184

  Jaeger, William K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Instream flow; Irrigation; Klamath Basin; Linear programming model; Voluntary water transfer; Water market; Water supply reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544277107     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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