Title: Microeconometric Analysis of Residential Water Demand
Abstract: This paper develops a structural model for obtaining price elasticities and evaluating consumer's response to changes in nonlinear tariffs when only panel data on household consumption are available. The model and the empirical strategy address problems implied by nonlinear tariffs, existence of a fixed cost, and use of limited data, giving rise to a random effects model with a nonlinear individual effect. Results show that the estimated model does well at fitting data and demand is inelastic, although elasticity varies by initial consumption block. Then, I estimate welfare consequences of implementing several demand policies.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-09-05
Language: en
Type: article
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