Coase-coloured Glasses and Rights Bundling: Why the Initial Specification of Water Rights in Volumetric Terms Matters

Economic Papers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-146

  Crase, Lin ^a   Gawne, Ben ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecological assets; H7; property rights; water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988650278     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2011.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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