Price volatility and water demand in agriculture: A Case study of the guadalquivir river basin (Spain)

Economics of Water Management in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 319-348

  Gutiérrez Martín, Carlos ^a   Blanco, Carlos Dionisio Pérez ^b   Gómez, Carlos Mario GÓmez ^b   Berbel, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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EID: 84984565678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17309     Document Type: Chapter

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