Household demand and welfare: Implications of water pricing in Cyprus

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 659-685

  Hajispyrou, Soteroula ^a   Koundouri, Phoebe ^b,c   Pashardes, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer welfare; Increasing block pricing; Residential water demand; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041634971     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X02000402     Document Type: Article

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