In this ppaer we provide econometric estimates for the water-related technology of the Canadian Food and Beverage processing industry as a hole, as well as for each of the following sub-sector : food, beverage, meat, fruit, dairy, and a residual category called other.

In this ppaer we provide econometric estimates for the water-related technology of the Canadian Food and Beverage processing industry as a hole, as well as for each of the following sub-sector : food, beverage, meat, fruit, dairy, and a residual category called other.

We present an experiment designed to investigate the presence and nature of ordering effects within repeat-response stated preference (SP) studies. Our experiment takes the form of a large sample, full-factorial, discrete choice SP exercise investigating preferences for tap water quality...

Population and income growth and global warming have contributed to a growing concern regarding the availability of potable water supplies in Canada. While a number of provinces have already introduced fees for the permits required for direct water withdrawals, others give these permits away...

This paper extends the multistage procedure set out in Fried et al (1999) to examine the importance of environmental factors when assessing the technical efficiency of water agencies. However, following Simar and Wilson's (2007) critique of multistage efficiency analyses, the paper uses a...

Embedding is said to occur when thewillingness-to-pay (WTP) values for a gooddiffer according to whether the good is valuedon its own or as part of a package of goods. Itcan manifest itself as a question order orsequencing effect whereby the WTP for a gooddepends upon the order in which...

Water's role in manufacturing technologies has received limited attention. A KLEM model of the sector's technology is extended to include two facets of water use: intake and recirculation. Three annual cross-sectional surveys on plant-level water use are pooled and combined with census data to...

Les gouvernements sont de plus en plus préoccupés par le fait que les niveaux actuels de consommation d'eau ne sont pas viables à long terme, d'un point de vue écologique, particulièrement devant les dangers que posent les changements climatiques. Dans cet article, nous examinons des...

We examine the value of health risk reductions (microbial illnesses/deaths and bladder cancer illnesses/deaths) in the context of drinking water quality treatment by public systems. When we assume that combined mortality and morbidity risk reductions are equally spread in the future; our results...