This paper studies Canberra households’ and businesses’ willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid drought water restrictions, using stated choice experiments. We find that customers evidence a lack of WTP to avoid most types of drought-induced restrictions. Respondents appear unwilling to pay to avoid low-level restrictions at all and to avoid higher levels of restrictions that are not in place every d...

For the last four decades, social scientists have been exploring the many aspects of the strip clubs in the US. Such studies have illuminated the culture surrounding strip clubs and also sparked debate about this very public arena where private pleasures are fulfilled. Most studies, however, have primarily focused on clubs located in urban areas and the women who dance. Very few studies have lo...