Shopping for water: How the market can mitigate water shortages in the American West

Shopping for Water: How the Market can Mitigate Water Shortages in the American West

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-36

  Culp, Peter W ^a   Glennon, Robert ^b   Libecap, Gary ^c  

^a LLP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84961386032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-674-5     Document Type: Book

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