Determinants of residential water demand in Germany

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1756-1769

  Schleich, Joachim ^a,b   Hillenbrand, Thomas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Income elasticity; Price elasticity; Residential water demand; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 62549127293     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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