An Analysis on the Transaction Costs of Water Markets under DPA and UPA Auctions

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 475-484

  Zhang, Li H ^a   Jia, Shao F ^b   Leung, Chi K ^c   Guo, Li P ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected revenue; The discriminatory price auction; The uniform price auction; Transaction cost; Water market

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EXPECTED REVENUE; PRICE AUCTION; TRANSACTION COST; UNIFORM PRICE AUCTION; WATER MARKET;

COSTS;

PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSACTION COST; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84871718238     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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