Economic research needs relevant to improved drinking water quality
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal AWWA
- Vol. 75 (1) , 6-9
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1551-8833.1983.tb05049.x
Abstract
The role economists can assume in assessing public policies for improving drinking water quality is discussed. Econometric techniques can and should be applied to fields of investigation that have traditionally been limited to health research.Keywords
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