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How Well Do U.S. Western Water Markets Convey Economic Information?

Renata Rimsaite, Karen Fisher-Vanden, Sheila Olmstead and Danielle S. Grogan
Land Economics, February 2021, 97 (1) 1-16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.97.1.050719-0061R

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Renata Rimsaite, Karen Fisher-Vanden, Sheila Olmstead, Danielle S. Grogan
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