Factors affecting nonpayment of water service by rural households in Nepal

Dipesh Karki

Utilities Policy, 2023, vol. 84, issue C

Abstract: This paper applies ordinal logistic regression to a survey collected from 225 rural households across four different districts of Nepal to analyze the nonpayment behavior of households at rural water schemes. This study finds that non-payment behavior is highly influenced by a household’s perception of how others pay rather than their own paying ability. This shows that the trust issue, which stems from an apparent n-prisoners dilemma, negatively reinforces free-riding behavior among the households. Further, the study also indicates that cultural and geographical distribution influence households relative positions on the nonpayment spectrum.

Keywords: Nonpayment behavior; Disappointment theory; Social sanction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101621

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