Groundwater management: The effect of water flows on welfare gains

Ecological Economics

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-40

  Guilfoos, Todd ^a   Pape, Andreas D ^b   Khanna, Neha ^b   Salvage, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common pool resource; Darcy's Law; Hydraulic conductivity; Numerical optimization; Strategic behavior

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUIFER; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; DARCY LAW; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INCENTIVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CALIFORNIA; KERN COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883309652     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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