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This work was supported by the Government of Aragon and the European Regional Development Fund [Research groups Public Economics (project number S23_17R), and GAEC (project number S37_17R)].

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Urban water demand for industrial uses in Spain

Publicado en:Urban Water Journal. 16 (2): 114-124 - 2019-02-07 16(2), doi: 10.1080/1573062X.2019.1634743

Gracia De Rentería, María Pilar;

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Resúmen: This study estimates the demand for urban water in Spanish industry, with particular attention to differences between sectors. A panel dataset for the Spanish Autonomous Communities in the period 1993-2013, broken down into 11 sectors, was used. The results indicate that water pricing policy can be used effectively as a mechanism to encourage reduced water use (elasticity of -0.66), but there is a strong sectoral heterogeneity that recommends the additional use of other types of instruments. In general, sectors where water represents a larger proportion of total costs present greater elasticity.

Palabras clave: Demand elasticity; Economic-analysis; Impact; Panel data; Panel-data; Policies; Price; Sectoral heterogeneity; Spanish industry; Tariffs; Time-series; Unit-root tests; Water demand

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