Demand-Side Technology Standards Under Inefficient Pricing Regimes: Are They Effective Water Conservation Tools in the Long-Run?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-124

  Timmins, Christopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand side technology standard; Dynamic programming problem; Efficient pricing; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUNDWATER; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TAXATION;

PRICES;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GROUNDWATER; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141504021     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025689706396     Document Type: Article

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