Comparing price and nonprice approaches to urban water conservation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Olmstead, Sheila M ^a,b   Stavins, Robert N ^b,c,d,e  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARING PRICE; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; COST EFFECTIVE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; WATER DEMAND;

COSTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; PRICING POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; URBAN AREA; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

EID: 67649867462     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007227     Document Type: Article

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