To negotiate or to game theorize: Evaluating water allocation mechanisms in the Kat basin, South Africa

Game Theory and Policy Making in Natural Resources and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-111

  Dinar, Ariel ^a,b   Farolfi, Stefano ^c,d   Patrone, Fioravante ^e   Rowntree, Kate ^f  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84879415518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932018     Document Type: Chapter

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