Distributional effects of water tariff reforms - An empirical study for Lima, Peru

Water Resources and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-57

  Barde, Julia Alexa ^a   Lehmann, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affordability; Increasing block tariff; Means tested tariff; Peru; Targeting; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ELASTICITY; INCOME; PRICE DYNAMICS; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

LIMA [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 84906214081     PISSN: 22124284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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