We estimate the price elasticity of water demand with household-level data, structurally modeling the piecewise … elasticity of demand under increasing-block prices and compare conditional and unconditional elasticities analytically and … water utility service areas …

estimate water demand functions, which yields elasticity estimates of around − 0.41 for both residential and industrial sectors …We develop a framework to analyze urban water tariff setting and its welfare implications and apply it to a panel of … cities in the People's Republic of China in the 2000s. First, we find that peer cities' water tariff levels have a …

by this mandate. Understanding the proposed regulation's welfare losses requires estimating water demand. Using fixed … effect models and data from 2004 to 2009 on 111 urban water utilities, an annual demand curve is estimated. The estimated … the estimated annual demand function to recover price elasticities for a sample of 53 urban water utilities in California …

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 …

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 …

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 …

. We conduct a meta-regression analysis that summarizes 615 estimates of the price elasticity of residential water demand …The effectiveness of price as a water conservation measure remains an open empirical issue and relevant policy question … out location and community traits that boost or depress the price elasticity of residents. Our results reveal that water …

We design a survey to provide quantitative evidence about household demand for qualitative aspects of tap water supply …. We focus on two characteristics that are of importance for households: water hardness and aesthetic quality in terms of … characteristics of tap water quality, and administration targets a representative sample of the population in England and Wales. For …

This paper analyses household choice of drinking water source for 769 rural households in the Metro Cebu Area … that the time cost is an important determinant of household choice of drinking water source and, surprisingly, that tastes …

This paper presents an empirical verification of the demand price elasticity for piped water in major cities in Poland … sustainable urban water demand. Any prediction of possible adaptation to global climate change also requires detailed information … – it was the main goal of the research. The information concerning the demand reaction to price changes is substantial for …