Managing Environmental Water: Lessons in Crafting Efficient Governance Arrangements

Economic Papers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-134

  Crase, Lin ^a   Dollery, Brian ^b   O’Keefe, Sue ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental water reserve; H7; institutional design; Q2; Q5; water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862738887     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2011.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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