A Role for the Private Sector in the Provision of River and Riparian Goods?*

Economic Papers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Hone, Simon ^a   Foster, Adam ^a   O’Keefe, Suzanne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental water management; H41; property rights; public goods; Q50

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988667622     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2011.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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