Farmers' exposure to risk and their temporary water trading

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-24

  Zuo, Alec ^a   Nauges, Céline ^b   Wheeler, Sarah Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Irrigation water; Risk aversion; Water market

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; VOLUME; WATER ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84931078516     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbu003     Document Type: Article

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