Evaluating the Effectiveness of Conservation Water-Pricing Programs

Charging farmers increasing block prices for irrigation deliveries is advocated as a means of encouraging agricultural water conservation in the West. We formulated a model of a hypothetical irrigated river basin to investigate the hyrdro-economic circumstances in which such pricing leads to water c...

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Main Authors: Ray G. Huffaker, Norman K. Whittlesey, Ari M. Michelsen, R. Garth Taylor, J. Thomas McGuckin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1998-07-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31174