Economic Determinants of Industrial Water Demand: A Review of the Applied Research Literature

Water

Pilar Gracia-de-Rentería¹  Ramón Barberán² 

[1] Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), Department of Agrifood and Natural Resources Economics, Montañana Avenue, 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain;Department of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zaragoza, Gran Vía Street, 2, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain;

关键词: industrial water;    demand estimation;    determinants;    elasticities;    review;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w13121684

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper surveys the empirical economic literature focused on the determinants of industrial water demand. Both the methodological issues and the outcomes of the previous studies are presented and discussed. Attention is given to key methodological issues, such as the available information, the type of data used, the specification of the variables, the choice of the estimated function, its functional form, and the estimation techniques used, highlighting the issues that require greater attention in future studies. Regarding the results, we focus on the estimated elasticities in order to know how the price of water, the level of activity, and the prices of the other inputs influence the demand for water.

【 授权许可】

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