Selling the Farm Silver? Understanding Water Sales to the Australian Government

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-154

  Wheeler, S ^a   Zuo, A ^a   Bjornlund, H ^a,b   Lane Miller, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental water sales; Irrigators; Murray Darling Basin; Water entitlements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; HIGH SECURITIES; IRRIGATORS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

SALES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84860998310     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9523-5     Document Type: Article

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