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Valuing discrete improvements in drinking water quality through revealed preferences
Author(s) -
McConnell Kenneth E.,
Rosado Marcia A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2000wr900043
Subject(s) - water quality , environmental science , quality (philosophy) , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , natural resource economics , environmental economics , environmental engineering , economics , geology , geotechnical engineering , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
We show how nonmarginal benefits from higher drinking water quality can be measured doing a standard welfare analysis, where the parameters for the analysis are obtained through a nested logit model structured according to the defensive inputs available for drinking water treatment.