Residential water demand with endogenous pricing: The Canadian Case

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Reynaud, Arnaud ^a   Renzetti, Steven ^b   Villeneuve, Michel ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; UTILITY RATES;

PRICE AND INCOME ELASTICITIES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; WATER DEMAND;

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

PRICING POLICY; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 29944442557     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004195     Document Type: Article

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