Contingent Valuation and Actual Behavior: Predicting Connections to New Water Systems in the State of Kerala, India

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Journal Article Contingent Valuation and Actual Behavior: Predicting Connections to New Water Systems in the State of Kerala, India Get access Charles C. Griffin, Charles C. Griffin Charles C. Griffin and John Briscoe are with the Eastern Africa Department, Population and Human Resources Division, and with the Transport, Water, and Urban Development Department, Water and Sanitation Division, at the World Bank; Bhanwar Singh and Radhika Ramasubbaqn are with the Centre for Social and Technological Change, Bombay, India; and Ramesh Bhatia is with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India, and the International Institute for the Management of Irrigation (DMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka. Financial support for this work was provided by the Danish International Development Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Norwegian Agency for Development, and the World Bank. The study benefited from the assistance and cooperation of the Kerala Water Authority. David Guilkey of the University of North Carolina assisted with the econometric analyses. The data are available from John Briscoe.The authors wish to thank Dale Whittington for helpful advice in revising the manuscript and three reviewers for their excellent comments. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Briscoe, John Briscoe Charles C. Griffin and John Briscoe are with the Eastern Africa Department, Population and Human Resources Division, and with the Transport, Water, and Urban Development Department, Water and Sanitation Division, at the World Bank; Bhanwar Singh and Radhika Ramasubbaqn are with the Centre for Social and Technological Change, Bombay, India; and Ramesh Bhatia is with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India, and the International Institute for the Management of Irrigation (DMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka. Financial support for this work was provided by the Danish International Development Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Norwegian Agency for Development, and the World Bank. The study benefited from the assistance and cooperation of the Kerala Water Authority. David Guilkey of the University of North Carolina assisted with the econometric analyses. The data are available from John Briscoe.The authors wish to thank Dale Whittington for helpful advice in revising the manuscript and three reviewers for their excellent comments. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bhanwar Singh, Bhanwar Singh Charles C. Griffin and John Briscoe are with the Eastern Africa Department, Population and Human Resources Division, and with the Transport, Water, and Urban Development Department, Water and Sanitation Division, at the World Bank; Bhanwar Singh and Radhika Ramasubbaqn are with the Centre for Social and Technological Change, Bombay, India; and Ramesh Bhatia is with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India, and the International Institute for the Management of Irrigation (DMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka. Financial support for this work was provided by the Danish International Development Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Norwegian Agency for Development, and the World Bank. The study benefited from the assistance and cooperation of the Kerala Water Authority. David Guilkey of the University of North Carolina assisted with the econometric analyses. The data are available from John Briscoe.The authors wish to thank Dale Whittington for helpful advice in revising the manuscript and three reviewers for their excellent comments. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Radhika Ramasubban, Radhika Ramasubban Charles C. Griffin and John Briscoe are with the Eastern Africa Department, Population and Human Resources Division, and with the Transport, Water, and Urban Development Department, Water and Sanitation Division, at the World Bank; Bhanwar Singh and Radhika Ramasubbaqn are with the Centre for Social and Technological Change, Bombay, India; and Ramesh Bhatia is with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India, and the International Institute for the Management of Irrigation (DMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka. Financial support for this work was provided by the Danish International Development Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Norwegian Agency for Development, and the World Bank. The study benefited from the assistance and cooperation of the Kerala Water Authority. David Guilkey of the University of North Carolina assisted with the econometric analyses. The data are available from John Briscoe.The authors wish to thank Dale Whittington for helpful advice in revising the manuscript and three reviewers for their excellent comments. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ramesh Bhatia Ramesh Bhatia Charles C. Griffin and John Briscoe are with the Eastern Africa Department, Population and Human Resources Division, and with the Transport, Water, and Urban Development Department, Water and Sanitation Division, at the World Bank; Bhanwar Singh and Radhika Ramasubbaqn are with the Centre for Social and Technological Change, Bombay, India; and Ramesh Bhatia is with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India, and the International Institute for the Management of Irrigation (DMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka. Financial support for this work was provided by the Danish International Development Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Norwegian Agency for Development, and the World Bank. The study benefited from the assistance and cooperation of the Kerala Water Authority. David Guilkey of the University of North Carolina assisted with the econometric analyses. The data are available from John Briscoe.The authors wish to thank Dale Whittington for helpful advice in revising the manuscript and three reviewers for their excellent comments. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 1995, Pages 373–395, https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/9.3.373 Published: 01 September 1995