Price elasticity of residential demand for water: A meta-analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1369-1374

  Espey, M ^a   Espey, J ^a   Shaw, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HOUSING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; POPULATION DENSITIES; PRICING STRUCTURES; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND;

COST ESTIMATING;

RAINFALL; URBAN AREAS; WATER DEMAND;

META-ANALYSIS; PRICE ELASTICITY; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS;

USA;

EID: 0030619217     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00571     Document Type: Article

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