Institutional path dependence in climate adaptation: Coman's "some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation"

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-80

  Libecap, Gary D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952122279     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.1.64     Document Type: Article

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