TY - JOUR TT - Factors Affecting Prices of Good Quality Water in SAP Region AU - Eren, Güneş AU - Bilgiç, Abdulbaki AU - Karlı, Bahri AU - Miran, Bülent PY - 2008 DA - June JF - Tarım Ekonomisi Dergisi JO - TJAE PB - Turkish Agricultural Economics Association WT - DergiPark SN - 1303-0183 SP - 67 EP - 74 VL - 14 IS - 1 ve 2 KW - Hanehalkı KW - Ödeme istekliliği KW - Probit modeli N2 - This study measures the levels of willingness to pay for the improved water quality from households inSoutheastern Anatolia Region (SAP) comprising six cities including Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Batman,Mardin and Adıyaman, while a bid price was introduced to households for improving the current level of potablewater by collecting socio-demographic and economic related characteristics. Bid prices, income, perceptionabout the water quality, education, whether a household residing in a greater municipality (Gaziantep orDiyarbakir) and the use of spring water in household were all found to be statistically significant and had differentimpacts on the willingness-to-pay. An average willingness-to-pay was estimated to be around 6 YTL. Overall,suggestive conclusions were presented to local politicians who are in charge of managing water networks in the region CR - ANAÇ, H. ve ÇELİKER, A., 2004. Türkiye'nin Su Potansiyeli. T.E.A.E.-Bakış, 7(5):1-4. CR - ÇONGAR,B.,2003.www.kirsalcevre.org.tr/aras-egit- uyg/turkiyeninyeraltisukaynaklarivesupolitikasi- behiccongar.doc CR - GADGIL, A., 1998. Drinking Water In Developing Countries.Annual Review of Energy and the Environment,S.253-286, California. CR - GREENE, W, H., 2003. Econometric Analysis. Prentice Hall, 1050p., New Jersey. CR - GUJARATİ, D, G., 1995. Basic Econometrics. Mc Graw- Hill International Editions, 705p., NewYork. CR - JORDAN, J, L. and ELNAGHEEB, A, H., 1993. Willingness To Pay for Improvements in Drinking Water Quality. Water Resources Research, 29(2):237- 245. CR - MADALLA, G, S., 1983. Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics. Cambridge, 356p., London. CR - TUNCER, G., 2003. Türkiye'nin Çevre Sorunları. Türkiye Çevre VakfıYayını, 472s.,Ankara. Sorumlu Yazar Güneş EREN CR - guneseren@hotmail.com Geliş Tarihi Kabul Tarihi :14.07.2008 UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tarekoder/issue//272375 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/253396 ER -