The economics of seemingly abundant resource : efficient water pricing in Vancouver, Canada

Current North American water pricing practices are inefficient because they are based on average utility expenditures rather than marginal costs and because they typically neglect factors such as the cyclicity of demands, the time of consumption and the value of the water resource. Despite strong cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renzetti, Steven
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30778