Governing scarcity. Water markets, equity and efficiency in pre-1950s eastern Spain

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 513-534

  Garrido, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Irrigation communities; Spain; Water markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053601957     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.274     Document Type: Article

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