Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala

This paper estimates hedonic models of rental prices to investigate household preferences regarding water services in rural Guatemala. Estimated values for water services are compared across municipal, private, and community-managed water utilities. Findings indicate that rural households value muni...

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Main Author: Vásquez, William F.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154487
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description This paper estimates hedonic models of rental prices to investigate household preferences regarding water services in rural Guatemala. Estimated values for water services are compared across municipal, private, and community-managed water utilities. Findings indicate that rural households value municipal water services but are indifferent between not having piped water and being connected to a private system. Moreover, the estimated value of community-managed services is negative, which suggests that rural households have an aversion to services managed at the community level. It is argued that the value households assign to water services reflects institutional costs imposed by the forms of service governance here analyzed.
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spelling CGSpace1544872025-11-06T07:03:21Z Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala Vásquez, William F. governance water This paper estimates hedonic models of rental prices to investigate household preferences regarding water services in rural Guatemala. Estimated values for water services are compared across municipal, private, and community-managed water utilities. Findings indicate that rural households value municipal water services but are indifferent between not having piped water and being connected to a private system. Moreover, the estimated value of community-managed services is negative, which suggests that rural households have an aversion to services managed at the community level. It is argued that the value households assign to water services reflects institutional costs imposed by the forms of service governance here analyzed. 2011 2024-10-01T14:01:48Z 2024-10-01T14:01:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154487 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Vásquez, William F. 2011. Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1152. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154487
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water
Vásquez, William F.
Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala
title Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala
title_full Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala
title_fullStr Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala
title_full_unstemmed Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala
title_short Household preferences and governance of water services: A hedonic analysis from rural Guatemala
title_sort household preferences and governance of water services a hedonic analysis from rural guatemala
topic governance
water
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154487
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