Water pricing with household surveys: A study of acceptability and willingness to pay in Chongqing, China

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-149

  Wang, Hua ^a   Xie, Jian ^a   Li, Honglin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Affordability; China; Water price; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649179191     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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