This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand … policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water demand management. We focus on theapplication of statistical methods to … empirical estimates of the price and income elasticity ofresidential water demand vary to such considerable extents. The set of …

This paper seeks to determine water demand of the mining sector in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa …. Despite the growing economic importance of mining in the area, only little is known about its water demand and the role of … water in the mines´ extraction process. By means of econometric estimation water price elasticities as well as substitution …

We consider estimation and inference for a regression coefficient in panels with interactive fixed effects (i.e., with … minimax linear estimation to form a debiased estimate using a nuclear norm bound on the error of an initial estimate of the … weak, with little cost to estimation error when factors are strong. …

to determine, for a Marshallian demand function, equivalent variation in case of a block price system. The method is … applied to analyze welfare and distribution effects of changing water prices in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. Results … between revenues for the water company and income distribution. Even though pro-poor price systems may not be as good for …

use of urban water supplies. Because of the diverse multiple-block pricing structures that abound, estimation of this …In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource … and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by …

Art. 9 of the European Water Framework Directive requires of the Member States up to 2010 a national pricing policy for … water-related services that ensures full cost-recovery including environmental and resource costs. The WFD's cost …-recovery of water services aims at setting efficient incentives for the use of scarce water resources. In the course of the …

Contrary to current notions about water abundance in Lebanon, the country is facing serious problems of unavailability …, i.e. management, ill-finance, non-integration and lack of relevant awareness on water use, the new dimension of climate … change is unfortunately adding to the water problems in the country.Databases in Lebanon are not quite consistent and …