The welfare costs of unreliable water service

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Baisa, Brian ^a   Davis, Lucas W ^a   Salant, Stephen W ^a,b   Wilcox, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributional inefficiency; Water storage; Water supply uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COST; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 75849165003     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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