Managing a scarce resource in a growing Asian economy: Water usage in Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-382

  Woo, Chi Keung ^a,b   Wong, Wing Keung ^b   Horowitz, Ira ^c,d   Chan, Hing Lin ^b  

^a Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand side management; Hong Kong; Partial adjustment regression model; Price elasticity; Water usage elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861940297     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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