The economic impact of water taxes: A computable general equilibrium analysis with an international data set

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-271

  Berrittella, Maria ^a   Rehdanz, Katrin ^b   Roson, Roberto ^c,d   Tol, Richard S J ^b,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^e ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^g CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Virtual water; Water allocation; Water pricing; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649161189     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2008.003     Document Type: Article

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