The design of water markets when instream flows have value

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1089-1096

  Murphy, James J ^a   Dinar, Ariel ^b   Howitt, Richard E ^c   Rassenti, Stephen J ^d   Smith, Vernon L ^d   Weinberg, Marca ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Institutions; Instream flows; Water markets; Water transfers

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTREAM FLOW; PRICING POLICY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 56249084546     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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