کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5095093 1376268 2009 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A proposal for social pricing of water supply in Côte d'Ivoire
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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A proposal for social pricing of water supply in Côte d'Ivoire
چکیده انگلیسی
We consider the design of a nonlinear social tariff for residential water in Côte d'Ivoire, which is a case of a monopolistic private operator supplying a population of heterogeneous consumers. The proposed optimal tariff includes an initial “social” block with a low unit price, and higher consumption blocks with a monopoly pricing rule. This optimal nonlinear tariff is calibrated using econometric estimates of a panel-data residential water demand equation. Welfare changes associated with moving from the actual tariff to approximations of the optimal pricing system are computed under different tariff scenarios. We find that gains in consumer welfare would outweigh losses in producer surplus in a majority of Ivorian local communities.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Development Economics - Volume 88, Issue 2, March 2009, Pages 258-268
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