Determinants of Water Connection Type and Ownership of Water-Using Appliances in Ireland

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2853-2867

  Lyons, Sean ^a   O'Doherty, Joe ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appliance ownership; Econometric modelling; Ireland; Water usage

Indexed keywords

APPLIANCE OWNERSHIP; DATA SETS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; DETACHED HOUSE; DOMESTIC WATER; ECONOMETRIC MODELLING; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; HOUSE PRICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; IRELAND; MICRODATA; MULTIPLE PEOPLE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; URBAN LOCATIONS; WATER SERVICE; WATER USAGE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; HOUSES; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS; SEWAGE; SEWERS; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

ECONOMETRICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRELAND;

EID: 77956179936     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9583-2     Document Type: Article

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