Policy Note: An Alternative Approach to Designing Tariffs for Household Water Use: The Case of Los Angeles

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Water Economics and PolicyOnline Ready No AccessPolicy Nook — Policy Note: An Alternative Approach to Designing Tariffs for Household Water Use: The Case of Los AngelesMichael HanemannMichael HanemannDepartment of Economics, Arizona State University USAhttps://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X22710047Cited by:0 PreviousNext AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View article References Araya, F, K Osman and KM Faust [2020] Perceptions versus reality: Assessing residential water conservation efforts in the household. Resources. Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105020. Crossref, Google Scholar Attari, SZ [2014] Perceptions of water use. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(14), 5129–5134. 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