The welfare costs of urban outdoor water restrictions
| dc.creator | Brennan, Donna C. | |
| dc.creator | Tapsuwan, Sorada | |
| dc.creator | Ingram, Gordon | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T17:21:57Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:51:53Z | |
| dc.description | Outdoor water restrictions are usually implemented as bans on a particular type of watering technology (sprinklers), which allow households to substitute for labour-intensive (hand-held) watering. This paper presents a household production model approach to analysing the impact of sprinkler restrictions on consumer welfare and their efficacy as a demand management tool. Central to our empirical analysis is an experimentally derived production function which describes the relationship between irrigation and lawn quality. We demonstrate that for a typical consumer complete sprinkler bans may be little more effective than milder restrictions policies, but are substantially more costly to the household. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.118331 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/118331/files/j.1467-8489.2007.00395.x.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/118331 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/569357 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/118331 | |
| dc.title | The welfare costs of urban outdoor water restrictions | |
| dc.type | Text |