The effect of prior appropriation water rights on land-allocation decisions in irrigated agriculture

Cobourn, KM; Ji, XD; Mooney, S; Crescenti, NF

Cobourn, KM (通讯作者),Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2022; 104 (3): 947

Abstract

The doctrine of prior appropriation, which administers water rights based on seniority, may introduce heterogeneity in the risk of a water shortage am......

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