Prices versus rationing: Marshallian surplus and mandatory water restrictions

Economic Record

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Ward, Michael B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 51249121317     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2008.00483.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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