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Why do Queensland Urban Water Entities Resist the Adoption of User Pays Pricing?

dc.contributor.authorDunstan, Keitha
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-07T00:28:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T02:38:33Z
dc.date.available2008-04-07T00:28:44Z
dc.date.available2022-07-05T02:38:33Z
dc.date.copyright2007
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThis study is motivated by the apparent reluctance of Australian urban water entities to adopt the user pays pricing formula despite strong encouragement by Australian Governments to do so. Elements of contingency theory, political cost theory and transaction cost economics are employed in developing an empirical model to explain the differences between those Queensland urban water entities which have been persuaded to accept Government policy and those which have not. The Queensland urban water entities most resistant to adopting the user pays pricing formula were found to be those which faced the greatest potential economic wealth transfers combined with a less certain revenue base. The findings highlight the potential strategic uncertainty and political nature of the pricing of water and that this policy friction poses for government and regulators attempting to encourage the voluntary adoption of more efficient pricing formulas.en_NZ
dc.formatpdfen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/18706
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paperen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNo. 54en_NZ
dc.subjectPublic policyen_NZ
dc.subjectWater supplyen_NZ
dc.subjectWater pricingen_NZ
dc.subjectPrivate enterpriseen_NZ
dc.titleWhy do Queensland Urban Water Entities Resist the Adoption of User Pays Pricing?en_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitCentre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Researchen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitSchool of Accounting and Commercial Lawen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor150199 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2350199 Accounting, auditing and accountability not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden360201 Public Policyen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden340209 Public Sector Economicsen_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwWorking or Occasional Paperen_NZ

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