Estimating Residential Water Demand Using the Stone-Geary Functional Form: The Case of Sri Lanka

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2283-2299

  Dharmaratna, Dinusha ^a   Harris, Edwyna ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Block pricing; Sri Lanka; Stone Geary; Water demand; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

DEMAND MODELS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; INCOME ELASTICITIES; PER CAPITA; POLICY MAKERS; PRICE CHANGES; PRICE ELASTICITY; PRICE INCREASE; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; RESIDUAL COMPONENTS; SRI LANKA; STONE-GEARY; TWO-COMPONENT; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER DEMAND; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER PRICING; WATER USE;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

COSTS;

PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER USE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84860890447     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0017-1     Document Type: Article

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