Cadillac Desert revisited: property rights, public policy, and water-resource depletion
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Cadillac Desert revisited: property rights, public policy, and water-resource depletion
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0095-0696
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-0696(02)00036-0