Allocation trade in Australia: A qualitative understanding of irrigator motives and behaviour

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-60

  Loch, Adam ^a,c   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b   Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Connor, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocation water trade; Murray Darling Basin; Water management and policy; Water markets

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARKET TRANSITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84855334369     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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