Key Findings from a Survey of Sellers to the Restoring the Balance Programme

Economic Papers

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 340-352

  Wheeler, Sarah Ann ^a   Cheesman, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MJA   (Australia)

Author keywords

economic impacts; irrigators; Murray Darling Basin; water entitlements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885736844     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1759-3441.12038     Document Type: Article

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