Rural electrification and groundwater pumps in India: Evidence from the 1982-1999 period

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-45

  Smith, Michael Graham ^a   Urpelainen, Johannes ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel pumps; Electric pumps; Groundwater depletion; India; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GROUNDWATER; OUTAGES; RURAL AREAS;

DIESEL PUMPS; ELECTRIC PUMPS; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; INDIA; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION;

PUMPS;

ELECTRICITY; GROUNDWATER; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIA;

EID: 84971287462     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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