The regulation of a spatially heterogeneous externality: Tradable groundwater permits to protect streams

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 364-382

  Kuwayama, Yusuke ^a   Brozović, Nicholas ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Groundwater surface water interaction; Trans boundary resources; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

CURRENT REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; IRRIGATION WELLS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

COSTS; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUMPS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HETEROGENEITY; IRRIGATION; PUMPING; RIVER BASIN; SAVINGS; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

NEBRASKA; REPUBLICAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885186743     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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