Assuming you're right, then what causes this distortion?

假设你是正确的，那么是什么导致了这种扭曲？

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This distortion can provide information for the size and location of the heterogeneity.

这种差异性即可提供有关异物大小、位置等信息。

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This distortion tends to keep the retail price of water lower than it would otherwise be where water is scarce, encouraging consumption rather than conservation.

这种曲解只会有利于保持水的零售价格低于那些水源稀缺的地区的水的价格，这是鼓励消耗而非节约。

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Much of this distortion comes from the superstorm that disrupted life along the East Coast.

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This distortion, in turn, allows them to generate and act in line with positive expectancies.

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But this distortion and these perverse incentives are there, regardless of whether the firm is for-profit or non-profit.

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