Using water insecurity to predict domestic water demand in the Palestinian West Bank

Water International

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 614-634

  Galaitsi, S E ^a,b   Huber Lee, Annette ^a,b   Vogel, Richard M ^a   Naumova, Elena N ^a,c  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic water demand; multivariate regression; omitted variable bias; price elasticity; water insecurity; West Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941808200     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2015.1067748     Document Type: Article

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