Urban water demand with fixed volumetric charging in a large municipality: The case of Brisbane, Australia

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-359

  Hoffmann, Mark ^a   Worthington, Andrew ^b   Higgs, Helen ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demand analysis; Utility regulation and pricing; Water management and policy

Indexed keywords

USER FEE; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33748309243     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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