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The Inelastic Demand for Residential Water: New Findings
Author(s) -
Camp Robert C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1978.tb04212.x
Subject(s) - water use , economics , water resource management , water utility , environmental science , natural resource economics , water supply , agricultural economics , environmental engineering , ecology , biology
A household‐by‐household survey of water use by 288 consumers in northern Mississippi lends validity to the belief long held by water utility practitioners that water use under prevailing rate structures is relatively unaffected by price.