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In order to analyse the consequences of uncertainty for prices and efficiency in a hydropower system, we apply a two …-period model with uncertainty in water inflow. We study three different market structures, perfect competition, monopoly and … oligopoly and stress the importance of the shape of the demand function under different distributions of water inflow. The …
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Choice experiments, a stated preference valuation method, are proposed as a tool to assign monetary values to environmental externalities during the ex-ante stages of environmental impact assessment. This case study looks at the impacts of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity’s Toro 3...
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We examine the effect of the introduction of uniform water-charging for aquifer management and provide evidence using a … survey-based choice experiment of agricultural water users in rural Tunisia. Theoretically, we show that the implementation … small landholders. Empirically, we find that resistance to the introduction of an effective water-charging regime is …
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, such as water and fuelwood. …
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analyze the effects of different sources of drinking water and sanitation on child health outcomes in Nigeria. We also … and piped water, and negative and significant for well water. The probabilities of a child being stunted or underweight … are both significantly lower for children drinking borehole or piped water, whereas well water has a positive and …
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We examine the use of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasts for flood planning in the Pacific Northwest. Using theories of resource mobilization as a conceptual foundation, the paper relies on: 1) case studies of three communities vulnerable to flooding that have had access to long-term...
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improving water resource management. This paper examines the role that forecasts, in particular those based on the El Nino …
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