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Special issue on water economics and policy
Author(s) -
Pannell David,
Peterson Deborah,
Lindner Bob
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural and resource economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 1364-985X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00360.x
Subject(s) - productivity , commission , citation , resource (disambiguation) , schools of economic thought , sociology , library science , political science , management , agricultural economics , economics , law , economic growth , computer science , computer network , neoclassical economics
This special issue of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics contains papers that address a wide range of economic and policy issues involving use and/or conservation of water. Around the world, water allocation has become a significant policy issue in recent years, and agricultural and resource economists have responded with increased contributions to the policy debate. With this in mind, the editors decided to invite submissions of water-related papers, which ultimately led to this special issue. The countries represented as subjects of the various papers are Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, and, if we consider the two book reviews, Chile and the United States. Most papers have an Australian focus. Byrnes et al . (this issue) note that: