Krause, Kate; Chermak, Janie M; Brookshire, David S - In: Journal of Regulatory Economics 23 (2003) 2, pp. 167-91
Provision of water raises several issues for municipal utility companies and other suppliers, including reliability of supply in arid regions or during droughts, equity issues that arise because water is literally a necessity, and heterogeneity in consumer response to regulatory policy. We...