Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China
In determining domestic water prices, policy makers often need to use information about the demand side rather than only relying on information about the supply side. Household surveys have frequently been employed to collect demand-side informatio...
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ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER AVAILABILITY OF WATER CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONTINGENT VALUATION CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD COST RECOVERY DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FIXED CHARGE FRESHWATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES HEALTH PROBLEMS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND ECONOMICS LEAKAGE LOCAL WATER LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARGINAL COST MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL SEWAGE MUNICIPAL UTILITY MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES PIPED WATER PLUMBING POLICY MAKERS POOR WATER QUALITY POTABLE WATER PRESSURE PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE WELLS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS SANITATION SERVICES SAVINGS SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE IMPROVEMENT SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE SYSTEMS SEWAGE TREATMENT SOCIAL COSTS TAP WATER TARIFF REFORM TARIFF STRUCTURE TOILETS TOWNS UNDERGROUND WATER UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES URBAN AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CONNECTIONS WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER FEES WATER LAW WATER MARKET WATER METER WATER POLICIES WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICES WATER PRICING WATER PRICING METHODS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COSTS WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY WATER SUPPLY PRICING WATER SUPPLY SERVICE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFF WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER USES WELFARE EFFECTS WELLS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP |
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ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER AVAILABILITY OF WATER CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONTINGENT VALUATION CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD COST RECOVERY DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FIXED CHARGE FRESHWATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES HEALTH PROBLEMS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND ECONOMICS LEAKAGE LOCAL WATER LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARGINAL COST MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL SEWAGE MUNICIPAL UTILITY MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES PIPED WATER PLUMBING POLICY MAKERS POOR WATER QUALITY POTABLE WATER PRESSURE PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE WELLS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS SANITATION SERVICES SAVINGS SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE IMPROVEMENT SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE SYSTEMS SEWAGE TREATMENT SOCIAL COSTS TAP WATER TARIFF REFORM TARIFF STRUCTURE TOILETS TOWNS UNDERGROUND WATER UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES URBAN AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CONNECTIONS WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER FEES WATER LAW WATER MARKET WATER METER WATER POLICIES WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICES WATER PRICING WATER PRICING METHODS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COSTS WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY WATER SUPPLY PRICING WATER SUPPLY SERVICE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFF WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER USES WELFARE EFFECTS WELLS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP Wang, Hua Xie, Jian Li, Honglin Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China |
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In determining domestic water prices,
policy makers often need to use information about the demand
side rather than only relying on information about the
supply side. Household surveys have frequently been employed
to collect demand-side information. This paper presents a
multiple bounded discrete choice household survey model. It
discusses how the model can be utilized to collect and
analyze information about the acceptability of different
water prices by different types of households, as well as
households' willingness to pay for water service
improvement. The results obtained from these surveys can be
directly utilized in the development of water pricing and
subsidy policies. The paper also presents an empirical
multiple bounded discrete choice study conducted in
Chongqing, China. In this case, domestic water service
quality was seriously inadequate, but financial resources
were insufficient to improve service quality. With a survey
of about 1,500 households in five suburban districts in
Chongqing Municipality, this study shows that a significant
increase in the water price is feasible as long as the
poorest households can be properly subsidized and certain
public awareness and accountability campaigns can be
conducted to make the price increase more acceptable to the
public. The analysis also indicates that the order in which
hypothetical prices are presented to respondents
systematically affects their answers, and should be taken
into account when designing survey instruments. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Wang, Hua Xie, Jian Li, Honglin |
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Wang, Hua Xie, Jian Li, Honglin |
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Wang, Hua |
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Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China |
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Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China |
| title_full |
Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China |
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Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China |
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Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China |
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domestic water pricing with household surveys : a study of acceptability and willingness to pay in chongqing, china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9762126/domestic-water-pricing-household-surveys-study-acceptability-willingness-pay-chongqing-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6799 |
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okr-10986-67992021-04-23T14:02:32Z Domestic Water Pricing with Household Surveys : A Study of Acceptability and Willingness to Pay in Chongqing, China Wang, Hua Xie, Jian Li, Honglin ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER AVAILABILITY OF WATER CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONTINGENT VALUATION CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD COST RECOVERY DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FIXED CHARGE FRESHWATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES HEALTH PROBLEMS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND ECONOMICS LEAKAGE LOCAL WATER LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARGINAL COST MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL SEWAGE MUNICIPAL UTILITY MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES PIPED WATER PLUMBING POLICY MAKERS POOR WATER QUALITY POTABLE WATER PRESSURE PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE WELLS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS SANITATION SERVICES SAVINGS SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE IMPROVEMENT SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE SYSTEMS SEWAGE TREATMENT SOCIAL COSTS TAP WATER TARIFF REFORM TARIFF STRUCTURE TOILETS TOWNS UNDERGROUND WATER UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES URBAN AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CONNECTIONS WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER FEES WATER LAW WATER MARKET WATER METER WATER POLICIES WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICES WATER PRICING WATER PRICING METHODS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COSTS WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY WATER SUPPLY PRICING WATER SUPPLY SERVICE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFF WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER USES WELFARE EFFECTS WELLS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP In determining domestic water prices, policy makers often need to use information about the demand side rather than only relying on information about the supply side. Household surveys have frequently been employed to collect demand-side information. This paper presents a multiple bounded discrete choice household survey model. It discusses how the model can be utilized to collect and analyze information about the acceptability of different water prices by different types of households, as well as households' willingness to pay for water service improvement. The results obtained from these surveys can be directly utilized in the development of water pricing and subsidy policies. The paper also presents an empirical multiple bounded discrete choice study conducted in Chongqing, China. In this case, domestic water service quality was seriously inadequate, but financial resources were insufficient to improve service quality. With a survey of about 1,500 households in five suburban districts in Chongqing Municipality, this study shows that a significant increase in the water price is feasible as long as the poorest households can be properly subsidized and certain public awareness and accountability campaigns can be conducted to make the price increase more acceptable to the public. The analysis also indicates that the order in which hypothetical prices are presented to respondents systematically affects their answers, and should be taken into account when designing survey instruments. 2012-05-31T20:40:32Z 2012-05-31T20:40:32Z 2008-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9762126/domestic-water-pricing-household-surveys-study-acceptability-willingness-pay-chongqing-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6799 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4690 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |