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 …

to determine, for a Marshallian demand function, equivalent variation in case of a block price system. The method is … applied to analyze welfare and distribution effects of changing water prices in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. Results … between revenues for the water company and income distribution. Even though pro-poor price systems may not be as good for …

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 … policy makers and others to the use of various techniques of demand management, including requirements for the adoption of …

This paper seeks to determine water demand of the mining sector in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa …. Despite the growing economic importance of mining in the area, only little is known about its water demand and the role of … around 1%, is relatively small, reflecting the low water tariff and results show industrial water demand to be inelastic …

This note explores the relationship between the price elasticity of demand and the R&D intensity of the product. We … cost of production. Within this framework, sectors with a higher R&D intensity show a lower price elasticity of demand …. This proposition is confirmed by an empirical investigation of export demand for manufactured goods from major …

demand for first-generation wireless services using (i) consumerlevel panel data from a real world pricing experiment and (ii … conditional usage probability small. Demand for first-generation wireless services was highly elastic and the welfare gains to an … (early) adopter moderate. Pricing and taxation of wireless services had a large suppressing effect on demand …

We analyze the properties of progressive water tariffs that are often applied in the sector in the form of discretely … increasing block tariffs (IBT). We are particularly interested in water tarification in a poverty context where a subsistence … level of water has to be allocated to each household. Our approach is semi-welfarist to the extent that we analyze second …

-Einheit). Beispielhaft wird die Materialintensität verschiedener Systeme der Energieversorgung und des Wasser- und Abwasser … for water and waste water management is compared.Based on a comprehensive systems perspective Integrated Resource …