Market prices for water in the semiarid West of the United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Brookshire, David S ^a   Colby, Bonnie ^b   Ewers, Mary ^a   Ganderton, Philip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Markets; Prices; Semiarid Southwest; Water; Water rights

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MARKETING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

MARKET EQUATIONS; MARKET PRICES; WATER DEMAND; WATER MARKETS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICING POLICY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6344240875     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002846     Document Type: Review

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