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is an intergenerational link between the consumers - e.g., water for farming activities. This key dimension is often not … consider common water for farming activities as a CPRs, since these communities use this resource for several decades, the … introduce two variations, the possibility to accumulate water in a dam, which modify the availability of CPRs. Second, the …
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This paper provides novel evidence on the trade-off between public service delivery and free riding in low- and middle-income countries. We implement a field experiment in the slums of two major Indian cities, where inadequate access to sanitation restricts residents to either free ride, by...
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Water is an increasingly scarce resource. It is often distributed such that consumers do not face any marginal cost of … water at zero marginal cost. Using high-frequency data over many years, we analyze how the introduction of apartment …-level metering and billing (IMB) affects hot water consumption. We find that introducing a marginal cost, reflecting the market price …
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Water is an increasingly scarce resource. It is often distributed such that consumers do not face any marginal cost of … water at zero marginal cost. Using high-frequency data over many years, we analyze how the introduction of apartment …-level metering and billing (IMB) affects hot water consumption. We find that introducing a marginal cost, reflecting the market price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324406
, rather than by government. In rural Tanzania, more than 500 organizations install different technologies of water pumps which … water. I show evidence that communities free ride on their neighbors' pump maintenance investments, but also benefit from … policies that have been proposed in Tanzania. The model estimates that: (i) water collection fees mitigate free riding -- if …
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Water use and electricity use, which generate negative environmental externalities, are susceptible to a second … other household members. If individual usage is imperfectly observed (as is typical for water and electricity) and family … argument and test its prediction that intrahousehold free-riding dampens price sensitivity. We do so in the context of water …
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This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions … countries, supporting the view that countries free ride in exploiting water resources. We find some evidence that international … institutions, in particular multinational financing and international water management treaties, may mitigate this free riding …
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This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions … countries, supporting the view that countries free ride in exploiting water resources. We find some evidence that international … institutions, in particular multinational financing and international water management treaties, may mitigate this free riding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031505
This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions … countries, supporting the view that countries free ride in exploiting water resources. We find some evidence that international … institutions, in particular multinational financing and international water management treaties, may mitigate this free riding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048577
Water use and electricity use, which generate negative environmental externalities, are susceptible to a second … other household members. If individual usage is imperfectly observed (as is typical for water and electricity) and family … argument and test its prediction that intrahousehold free-riding dampens price sensitivity. We do so in the context of water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012852814