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Household Water Demand Seasonal Elasticities: A Stone-Geary Model under an Increasing Block Rate Structure

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  • Andrew J. Clarke
  • Bonnie G. Colby
  • Gary D. Thompson

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Using household-level panel data from Tucson, Arizona, and a unique set of highly disaggregated control variables, we estimate residential demand for water via a Stone-Geary specification. The Stone-Geary functional form allows price elasticity of demand to vary with quantity consumed, price, and income and enables estimation of a threshold level of consumption below which demand is considered perfectly price inelastic. An encompassing test of consumer price response reveals evidence favoring a lagged average price specification rather than one using lagged marginal price. The estimated model also finds substantial seasonal variation in price elasticity and declining consumer price responsiveness.

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  • Andrew J. Clarke & Bonnie G. Colby & Gary D. Thompson, 2017. "Household Water Demand Seasonal Elasticities: A Stone-Geary Model under an Increasing Block Rate Structure," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 93(4), pages 608-630.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:93:y:2017:i:4:p:608-630
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.93.4.608
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    1. Wang, Xiangrui & Lee, Jukwan & Yan, Jia & Thompson, Gary D., 2018. "Testing the behavior of rationally inattentive consumers in a residential water market," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 344-359.
    2. El-Khattabi, Ahmed Rachid & Eskaf, Shadi & Isnard, Julien P. & Lin, Laurence & McManus, Brian & Yates, Andrew J., 2021. "Heterogeneous responses to price: Evidence from residential water consumers," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    3. Lucia Cecchi & Enrico Conti & Letizia Ravagli, 2022. "The determinants of domestic water demand and the equity of tariffs: Empirical evidence from an Italian municipality," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2022(3), pages 373-395.
    4. Michael O'Donnell & Robert P. Berrens, 2018. "Understanding Falling Municipal Water Demand in a Small City Dependent on the Declining Ogallala Aquifer: Case Study of Clovis, New Mexico," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 4(04), pages 1-40, October.
    5. Roberto Balado-Naves & Marian Garcia-Valiñas & David Roibas, 2023. "Efficiency, perceived prices, and household water demand: A stochastic frontier analysis for the Spanish city of Gijón," Efficiency Series Papers 2023/01, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG).
    6. María Ángeles García-Valiñas & Sara Suárez-Fernández, 2022. "Are Economic Tools Useful to Manage Residential Water Demand? A Review of Old Issues and Emerging Topics," Post-Print hal-04067487, HAL.
    7. David Roibas & Maria A. Garcia-Valiñas & Roberto Fernandez-Llera, 2019. "Measuring the Impact of Water Supply Interruptions on Household Welfare," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 73(1), pages 159-179, May.
    8. Roberto Balado-Naves & Marian Garcia-Valiñas & David Roibas, 2023. "Efficiency, perceived prices, and household water demand: A stochastic frontier analysis for the Spanish city of Gijón," Working Papers hal-04147781, HAL.

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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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