Thirsty Colonias: Rate Regulation and the Provision of Water Service.
Where the law does not mandate universal service, poor communities frequently are omitted from drinking water supply networks. According to conventional wisdom, lack of service is due primarily to the high cost of extending service to the poor, their low ability to pay, and their weak political infl...
| Published in: | Land Economics Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 136 - 151 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
University of Wisconsin Press
February 2004
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=510342973&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 510342973 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00237639 LAE jtl: Land Economics issn: 00237639 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: February 2004 vid: 80 iid: 1 pid: 249 pub: University of Wisconsin Press artinfo: ui: 510342973 10.2307/3147149 ppf: 136 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Thirsty Colonias: Rate Regulation and the Provision of Water Service. aug: au: Olmstead, Sheila M. su: Drinking water Water utility rates Water supply Mexican-American Border Region sug: subj: Mexican-American Border Region Drinking water Water utility rates Water supply ab: Where the law does not mandate universal service, poor communities frequently are omitted from drinking water supply networks. According to conventional wisdom, lack of service is due primarily to the high cost of extending service to the poor, their low ability to pay, and their weak political influence. Through an empirical analysis of poor communities in Texas, this study assesses these and other economic and institutional determinants of drinking water service acquisition. The analysis reveals that rate regulation, intended to make water service affordable to all households, is also responsible, and may actually reduce service coverage among the poor. (JEL Q25) Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|