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Sind die Preise für Wasserdienstleistungen der Ver- und Entsorgung in Deutschland wirklich kostendeckend?
Gawel, Erik - 2012
Art. 9 der europäischen Wasserrahmenrichtlinie trägt den Mitgliedsstaaten auf, bis 2010 die nationalen Anforderungen an die Entgelte für Wasserdienstleistungen am Prinzip der Kosten-deckung einschließlich Umwelt- und Ressourcenkosten auszurichten, um effiziente Anreize für die Nutzung...
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Consumer preferences for water supply? An application of choice models to urban India
Anand, P. B. - 2001
This paper examines consumer preferences for the attributes of alternative sources of water supply in Chennai, based on a household survey where respondents were given the description of a set of options. Their decision to choose one of the options is examined using discrete choice models....
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Determinants of water connection type and ownership of water-using applianes in Ireland
O'Doherty, Joe; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2007
Domestic water demand is influenced both by the number of households and their characteristics, in particular the extent to which they employ water-using appliances. This paper focuses on domestic ownership of water-using appliances in Ireland, a country where rapid economic and demographic...
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Recht auf Wasser - eine ökonomische Perspektive
Gawel, Erik; Bretschneider, Wolfgang - 2011
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Muffled price signals: Household water demand under increasing-block prices
Cavanagh, Sheila M.; Hanemann, W. Michael; Stavins, … - 2002
In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by efficiency criteria, particularly when externalities are...
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Access to water and payment for environmental services, Jequetepeque Watershed, Peru
Raben, Kim - 2007
The project “Payment for environmental services as a mechanism for promoting rural development in the upper watersheds of the tropics” is a research and development project running in four pilot catchments in the Andes region. Its overall objective is to alleviate poverty and enhance...
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Price and Income Elasticities of Residential Water Demand: Why Empirical Estimates differ
Dalhuisen, Jasper M.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, … - 2001
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...
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Critical Factors for Achieving Multiple Goals with Water Tariff Systems
Dalhuisen, Jasper; Nijkamp, Peter - 2001
Price instruments are well known policy handles to influence effectively residential water demand. Prices used to beset by water authorities in such a way that the principle of cost coverage was respected; they acted as prominentinstruments in residential water policies in the past decades. More...
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Wasser: das neue, alte Mega-Thema?: Kommentar
von Hirschhausen, Christian - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 11, pp. 24
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Economic analysis of water supply cost structure in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa
Tsegai, Daniel W.; Linz, Teresa; Kloos, Julia - 2009
Wasserversorgung sowie Skaleneffekte geschätzt. Der Vergleich von Wassertarifen und Grenzkosten zeigt, dass die geschätzten Grenzkosten … nicht genügend Gebühren verlangen, um die Kosten für die Wasserversorgung zu decken. Demnach würde eine Preiseinstufung … verwalteten WSAs auf Bezirksebene eine wichtige politische Option, um die Effizienz der Wasserversorgung im Mittleren Olifants in …
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