Many developing countries around the world apply progressive water tariffs, often structured in the form of discretely … allocative efficiency. In this paper we explore an alternative interpretation of the widespread use of IBTs, in terms of social …

by the utilities after two decades of reforms? We focus on electricity, gas, water, telephone in the EU 15 Member States …

This paper studies consumers' choice between two different water tariffs. We document a large inaction in a novel … savings they would obtain if they were to switch water tariff. Our empirical framework separates two sources of inertia …

of water pollution deriving from mismanaged drilling and fracturing, absence of adequate regulation framework and … industry standards, entailing consequences on social stability and environmental degradation. …

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 …

understood. However, there is little evidence comparing the effectiveness of these instruments, especially when considering water … resource management. We exploit a rich panel of residential water consumption data to examine heterogeneous responses to both … price. However, prescriptive policies such as restrictions on outdoor water use result in uniform responses across income …

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 …

Household water insecurity harms quality of life outcomes beyond health, for example the disutility of worrying about … water availability or anger at disrupted plans. However, these outcomes are excluded from cost-benefit analyses of water … billion invested annually in water supply in low- and middle-income countries may result. In this paper, I propose a way …