Who trades water allocations? Evidence of the characteristics of early adopters in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District, Australia 1998-1999

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 631-643

  Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b   Shanahan, Martin ^a   Zuo, Alec ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Innovation; Water allocations; Water markets; Water trading

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; IRRIGATION; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350439634     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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