Abstract
Forming a strategy for the management of a water resource requires reasonable knowledge of the effects that alterations in the control variables bring on water use. Such knowledge of the determinants influencing domestic water demand constitutes an essential ingredient of a pricing policy for domestic water supply. Special attention should be paid to the effects of the level, shape, and frequency of the tariff, since these are the variables that can be altered by the policy-maker.
ESRC (Economie and Social Research Council) and the Ilma. Diputación de A Coruna have funded parts of this research. This has benefited from supervision, suggestions, unpublished material, comments etc. of the following individuals: Jack Pezzey, Charles Perrings, Keith Hartley, Lena Höglund, Céline Nauges, Panos Pashardes and Nile Hatch. All remaining errors and views expressed remain the sole responsibility of the author.
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Martínez-Espiñeira, R. (2002). Estimating Water Demand under Increasing-Block Tariffs Using Aggregate Data and Proportions of Users per Block. In: Pashardes, P., Swanson, T., Xepapadeas, A. (eds) Current Issues in the Economics of Water Resource Management. Economy & Environment, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9984-9_2
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