Right-to-choose auctions: A field study of water markets in the Limari Valley of Chile

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-226

  Alevy, Jonathan E ^a   Cristi, Oscar ^b   Melo, Oscar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Auction design; Field experiment; Water market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861795768     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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