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Block Tariff Structures

Block Tariff Structures is a pricing mechanism in water economics characterized by the division of water consumption into successive volume-based tiers, each associated with a distinct marginal price that either increases or decreases with higher usage levels, thereby differentiating it from uniform or linear pricing schemes through its nonlinear rate structure.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Block Rate PricingBlock Rate StructuresBlock Tariffs

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Publications

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Possible Adverse Effects of Increasing Block Water Tariffs in Developing Countries

Dale Whittington · Economic Development and Cultural Change · 1992 · 126 citations · Full text

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Unintended consequences of increasing block tariffs pricing policy in urban water

Momi Dahan, Udi Nisan · Water Resources Research · 2007 · 69 citations · Full text

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WATER DEMAND AND THE URBAN POOR: A STUDY OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING WATER CONSUMPTION AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Ada Jansen, Carl-Erik Schulz · South African Journal of Economics · 2006 · 68 citations

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Water and sanitation service delivery, pricing, and the poor: An empirical estimate of subsidy incidence in Nairobi, Kenya

David Fuente, Josephine Gakii Gatua, Moses Ikiara et al. · Water Resources Research · 2016 · 66 citations · Full text

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Estimating Water Demand under Increasing-Block Tariffs Using Aggregate Data and Proportions of Users per Block

Roberto Martínez‐Espiñeira · Environmental and Resource Economics · 2003 · 65 citations

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Authors

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  1. QW
    Quentin Wodon

    World Bank, United States

    4 publications · 93 citations

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  2. XM
    Xunzhou Ma

    Peking University, China

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. VF
    Vivien Foster

    World Bank, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  4. DW
    Dale Whittington

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 192 citations

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  5. HM
    Henrique Monteiro

    Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

    2 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Southwest Minzu University

    Chengdu, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  2. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    71 citations

  3. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    105 citations

  4. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    94 citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    192 citations

  6. University of Coimbra

    Coimbra, Portugal

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    124 citations

  7. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    Tiruchchirappalli, India

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    30 citations

  8. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 4 publications · 84 citations

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  2. Water Resources Research

    3 publications · 190 citations

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  5. Water Policy

    2 publications · 77 citations

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