The Welfare Impact of Self-supplied Water Pricing in Canada: A Computable General Equilibrium Assessment

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-445

  Rivers, Nicholas ^a   Groves, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Double dividend; Model; Tax; Water

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ECONOMICS; MODELS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; DOUBLE DIVIDEND; WATER ABSTRACTION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER PRICING; WELFARE IMPACTS;

COSTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA;

EID: 84878760608     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9633-3     Document Type: Article

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