An Econometric Assessment of Pricing Sydney's Residential Water Use

Economic Record

Volumn 88, Issue 280, 2012, Pages 89-105

  Abrams, Barry ^a   Kumaradevan, Santharajah ^a   Sarafidis, Vasilis ^b   Spaninks, Frank ^a  

^a SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; PANEL DATA; PRICE DETERMINATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84857454448     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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