Missing markets for storage and the potential economic cost of expanding the spatial scope of water trade

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-485

  Brennan, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Storage; Water markets

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; TRADE-OFF; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER STORAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOULBURN VALLEY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 56149115245     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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