Using auction mechanisms to reveal costs for water quality improvements in Great Barrier Reef catchments in Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-501

  Rolfe, John ^a   Windle, Jill ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation tenders; Cost effectiveness; Emission reduction; Market based instruments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; AUCTION MECHANISMS; AUSTRALIA; EMISSION REDUCTION; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PILOT APPLICATIONS; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC RESOURCES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ROLE OF WATER; TRADING SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY ISSUES;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INSTRUMENTS; REEFS; RUNOFF; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

COST REDUCTION;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; HORTICULTURE; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 78651428995     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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