This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand … policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water demand management. We focus on theapplication of statistical methods to … empirical estimates of the price and income elasticity ofresidential water demand vary to such considerable extents. The set of …

We estimate market power in California's thin water market. Market frictions may distort the potential welfare gains … from water marketing. We use a Nash-Cournot model and derive a closed-form solution for the extent of market power in a … typical water market setting. We then use this solution to estimate market power in a newly assembled dataset on California …

paper we study the effect of this developmenton the demand for second mortgages and on the savings of Dutch households. We …) the savings of renters that may be considered as would-beowners. We find a significant effect of home equity on the demand …!reased demand for mortgage loans is caused by substitution from other forms of consumercredit. Contrary to results reported in the …

We survey the economics of transboundary river water allocation, which emerged in the 1960s and has matured over the … last decade due to increasing concerns over water scarcity and pollution. We outline the major approaches and pay specific … attention to the strategic aspects of transboundary river water allocation. These strategic aspects are captured by employing …

One of the policy options to increase the efficiency in the provision of scarce water resources is a reduction in … transaction costs in water chains by developing integrated forms of water management. Integrated water management in case of river … addressing the entire water chain, (4) integrated strategies regarding all water functions in relation to other relevant spatial …

Dams are essential for water storage and hydropower generation, but change river flow patterns and endanger local …