This paper proposes a market-based reform that would introduce competition into the provision of urban water. This proposal calls for a decoupling of infrastructure control and ownership of water whereby the property rights to water would be transferred to private hands. The proposal involves...

type="main" xml:id="ajar12032-abs-0001" <p>Increasing block tariffs (IBTs) are currently used to price urban water in many Australian mainland capitals and a great many cities worldwide. This paper provides a systematic analysis of the impact of the adoption of IBTs to price urban water under the...</p>

This paper proposes a market-based reform that would introduce competition into the provision of urban water. This proposal calls for a decoupling of infrastructure control and ownership of water whereby the property rights to water would be transferred to private hands. The proposal involves...

This paper proposes a market-based reform that would introduce competition into the provision of urban water. This proposal calls for a decoupling of infrastructure control and ownership of water whereby the property rights to water would be transferred to private hands. The proposal involves...

This paper considers the efficient use of a natural resource in which increased recreational use results in increased degradation. Users treat degradation as an external cost, and do not take it into account in their choice of use.

We consider whether the introduction of the psychological concept of loss aversion into agents' preferences could generate a macroeconomic model in which changes in the money supply can have real, persistent effects. It is demonstrated that the macroeconomic implications of loss aversion depend...

The paper extends the theory of trade unions. In past studies, the union members derive utility exclusively from the consumption of goods produced in markets. We consider the case where the union insider is a member of a household which derives utility both from market produced goods and from a...

A retail market in which customers repeat purchase is considered. Customers are influenced not only by the price set by the firm, but by their level of disenchantment. Disenchantment measures the degree of customer disaffection in the customer-firm relationship. Changes in price lead to...