Pareto-improving water management over space and time: The Honolulu case

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-153

  Pitafi, Basharat A ^a   Roumasset, James A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Block pricing; Groundwater management; Intergenerational transfers; Political feasibility

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELFARE REFORM;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HONOLULU; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149508796     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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