Water markets in Australia: An experimental analysis of alternative market mechanisms

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 500-517

  Tisdell, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auction theory; Water market

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARKET SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053444609     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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