Public provision and protection of natural resources: Groundwater irrigation in rural India

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 29-55

  Sekhri, Sheetal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 80053974871     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.4.29     Document Type: Article

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