Willingness to pay for water service improvements in middle-income urban households in South Africa: A stated choice analysis

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-720

  Snowball, J D ^a   Willis, K G ^a   Jeurissen, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Household preferences; Water demand

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN SOCIETY; WATER DEMAND; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; GRAHAMSTOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59749097627     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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