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American Economic Review

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Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation (1911)

  • Katharine Coman
American Economic Review
vol. 101, no. 1, February 2011
(pp. 36–48)
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Abstract

A reprint of the lead article in the inaugural issue of the American Economic Review, "Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation," by Katharine Coman, who examined the common property resource problem as applied to water in the Western United States.

Citation

Coman, Katharine. 2011. "Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation (1911)." American Economic Review, 101 (1): 36–48. DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.1.36

JEL Classification

  • N51 Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
  • Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment