Property rights and western United States water markets

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-103

  Donohew, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Property rights; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PRICING POLICY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149127317     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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