Analyzing Industrial Water Demand in India: An Input Distance Function Approach

Surender Kumar

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Abstract: This study investigates the water demand of Indian manufacturing plants. It adopts an input distance function approach and approximates it by a translog form. Duality between cost function and input distance function is exploited to retrieve information concerning substitutability and the shadow price of water. The model is estimated, using linear programming approach, on a sample of 92 firms over the three years.

Keywords: input distance function; industrial water demand; translog form; water; price elasticity; water; shadow price; shadow price of water; cost function; linear programming; firms; input distance approach; Indian; Indian manufacturing plants; elasticity; price; manufacturing plants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-08
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Working Paper: Analysing industrial water demand in India: An input distance function approach (2004)
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