Impact of environmental traders on water markets: An experimental analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tisdell, John G ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; LARGE VOLUMES; PUBLIC RECORDS; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; WATER EXTRACTION;

CONFINED FLOW; FUNCTIONS; SALES; WATER SUPPLY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 80855137873     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007930     Document Type: Article

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