What are Households Willing to Pay for Improved Water Access? Results from a Meta-Analysis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2017, Pages 126-135

  Van Houtven, George L ^a   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^b   Usmani, Faraz ^b   Yang, Jui Chen ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific Economic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Meta analysis; Sanitation; Water; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC THEORY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; META-ANALYSIS; SANITATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 85013654250     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.01.023     Document Type: Article

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