We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

statewide reductions in water use. The mandate aimed to reduce the amount of water consumed statewide in urban areas by 25% from … 2013 levels. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) proposed regulatory instructions that grouped urban water … by this mandate. Understanding the proposed regulation's welfare losses requires estimating water demand. Using fixed …

Water shortages in North Cyprus are quite evident and both supply and demand policies to alleviate these shortages are … urgently needed.This paper reports on an evaluation we have carried out on the financial feasibility of importing water by … tanker from Manavgat (Turkey) to Kumkoy (North Cyprus). The break-even real price of water (1998 prices) reflecting the cost …

A shortage of clean drinking water, the lack of an adequate sewage system, and rapid environmental degradation from … waste dumping have prompted the State of Espirito Santo in Brazil to consider expanding the water supply and sewage disposal … of the shortfall in potable water and sewage service in the State. Recommendations are developed for improved investment …

Temporary water transfers, as achievable under option contracts, capture gains from trade that would go unrealized if … only permanent transfers of water rights were possible. This paper develops a bilateral option contracting model for water …

card platforms, adopt multi-part tariffs. We show that ad valorem taxes can correct underprovision and hence increase … result in different settings, including vertically interlinked markets, markets where firms adopt menus of tariffs to screen … consumers and where they compete with multi-part tariffs. Our results suggest that exempting these markets from taxation may be …

card platforms, adopt multi-part tariffs. We show that ad valorem taxes can correct underprovision and hence increase … result in different settings, including vertically interlinked markets, markets where firms adopt menus of tariffs to screen … consumers and where they compete with multi-part tariffs. Our results suggest that exempting these markets from taxation may be …

drinking water. Increasing block tariffs are an instrument widely used to support access to drinking water for poorer segments … those set for the water sector. Despite progress, around 800 million people worldwide do not have adequate access to … of the population. With this system, the price of water progressively increases with the volume consumed. An affordable …