Talk is cheap, or is it? The cost of consulting about uncertain reallocation of water in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 206-213

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; Community consultation; Environmental water allocation; Transaction costs; Transformation costs; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSACTION COST; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84875249519     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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