What are Households Willing to Pay for Better Tap Water Quality?

Olivier Beaumais, Anne Briand (), Katrin Millock () and Celine Nauges
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Olivier Beaumais: CARE - Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche en Économie - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Anne Briand: CARE - Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche en Économie - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Katrin Millock: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: We estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for better quality of tap water on a unique cross-section sample from 10 OECD countries. On the pooled sample, households are willing to pay 7.5% of the median annual water bill to improve the tap water quality. The highest relative WTP for better tap water quality was found in the countries with the highest percentage of respondents being unsatisfied with tap water quality because of health concerns. The expected WTP increased with income, education, environmental concern, and health and taste concerns with the tap water.

Keywords: contingent valuation; household data; interval model; water quality; willingness to pay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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