Consumer-inclusive economic regulation: water pricing under different regulatory regimes

This paper investigates whether and how different regulatory regimes for water pricing incorporate mechanisms for consumer inclusion. A literature review suggests that the more separation between policymaking and economic regulation, the higher the incorporation of regulatory governance principles s...

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Published in:Water policy 2011-01, Vol.13 (4), p.459-470
Main Authors: PASCUAL SANZ, María, SCHOUTEN, Marco, HANTKE-DOMAS, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Applied sciences
Buildings. Public works
Case studies
Comparative analysis
Comparative studies
Disclosure
Economics
Exact sciences and technology
Governance
Indexing in process
Literature reviews
Market prices
Negotiation
Participation
Policy making
Pricing
Regulation
Self regulation
Tariffs
Transparency
Water
Water supply. Pipings. Water treatment
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Summary:This paper investigates whether and how different regulatory regimes for water pricing incorporate mechanisms for consumer inclusion. A literature review suggests that the more separation between policymaking and economic regulation, the higher the incorporation of regulatory governance principles such as transparency, accountability and participation. Our comparative case studies of the system of self-regulation in The Netherlands, the bipartite negotiation model in Spain, and the Scottish model of independent regulation provides additional empirical evidence to this hypothesis.
ISSN:1366-7017
1996-9759
DOI:10.2166/wp.2011.126