Irrigation revenue loss in Murray-Darling Basin drought: An econometric assessment

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-170

  Connor, Jeffery D ^a   Kandulu, John M ^a   Bark, Rosalind H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Econometrics; Irrigation; Murray Darling Basin; Water

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; WATER;

ECONOMETRICS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84908390470     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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