Estimation of the effects of price and billing frequency on household water demand using a panel of Wisconsin municipalities

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1373-1380

  Fenrick, Steven Andrew ^a   Getachew, Lullit ^a  

^a Power System Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

billing frequency; price elasticity of demand; water conservation; water demand

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84858393608     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.629977     Document Type: Article

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