Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101968 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 24.2014
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
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.
Subjects: 
Contingent Valuation
Household Data
Interval Model
Water Quality
Willingness to Pay
JEL: 
C24
D12
Q25
Q51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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