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This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand ….Information on the determinants of consumer demand is of pivotal importance for the efficiency and efficacy ofpublic and private … policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water demand management. We focus on theapplication of statistical methods to …
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There is a vast literature on the selection of an appropriate index of income inequality and on what desirable properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent literature on the use of hypothetical statistical...
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In this paper, we derive a structural model for commuting speed. We presumethat commuting speed is chosen to minimise commuting costs, which encompass bothmonetary and time costs. At faster speed levels, the monetary costs increase, but the timecosts fall. Using data from Great Britain, we...
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The demand for air transport is largely determined by the spending capacity of customers. Thispaper aims to offer more …
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Frequency of services and vehicle size are important policyinstruments of railway companies. Extending Mohring's basic'square root model' for frequencies, we arrive at more generalformulations for frequency, vehicle size and price underalternative regimes of welfare and profit optimisation. It...
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