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| Tenwalde, Tracy; Jones, Eugene; Hitzhusen, Frederick J.. |
| This article presents a procedure for estimating averting expenditures through the analyses of two data sources: (1) packaged water sales from 18 national supermarket chain stores in the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area (COMA); and (2) treatment expenditures for both high and low service water from a local drinking water treatment facility owned and operated by the Columbus, Ohio municipality. The averting behavior results from a nitrogen advisory for drinking water for 1/3 of the COMA. The study concentrates on estimating these averting expenditures as representative of averting behavior for a market and non-market good trade-off. This article concentrates on the economic consequences of the nitrogen pollution problem as it affects households through... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Averting Cost; Nitrogen Risk; Safe Drinking Water.; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19431 |
