In-Stream flow as a public good: Possibilities for economic organization and voluntary local provision

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-456

  Loehman, Edna ^a   Loomis, John ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

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EID: 51649101880     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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