Market-based policy instruments, irrigation water demand, and crop diversification in the bow river basin of southern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-213

  He, Lixia ^a   Horbulyk, Theodore M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 77953675088     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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