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Estimating the Willingness-to-Pay for Water in Georgia

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  • Elnagheeb, Abdelmoneim H.
  • Jordan, Jeffrey L.

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In this paper, data from a 1992 telephone survey of Georgia residents were used to study people’s willingness-to-pay (WTP) for water as a commodity. A dichotomous contingent valuation method was employed to estimate the marginal scarcity rent of water. Results indicated that the average WTP was $15.10 above the current monthly water cost, or about 81 percent of current bills. The aggregate WTP for all of Georgia was estimated to be nearly $393 million, suggesting that water is underpriced.

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  • Elnagheeb, Abdelmoneim H. & Jordan, Jeffrey L., 1997. "Estimating the Willingness-to-Pay for Water in Georgia," Journal of Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia, vol. 15(1), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jloagb:90408
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.90408
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    1. Anthony Amoah & Peter G. Moffatt, 2017. "Estimating demand for reliable piped-water services in urban Ghana: An application of competing valuation approaches," University of East Anglia School of Economics Working Paper Series 2017-01, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    2. Ro, Kuo-Chang, 1997. "Hog industry and hog production related water pollution problem in Taiwan: an application to valuing the willingness to pay for improving water quality," ISU General Staff Papers 1997010108000018180, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.

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