How Do Residents Respond to Price under Increasing Block Tariffs?   Evidence from Experiments in Urban Residential Water Demand in Beijing

doi:10.1007/s11269-014-0561-y

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	How Do Residents Respond to Price under Increasing Block Tariffs? Evidence from Experiments in Urban Residential Water Demand in Beijing
	Ma, Xunzhou ; Zhang, Shiqiu ; Mu, Quan
刊名	water resources management
	2014
关键词	Increased block tariffs Perceived price Discrete choice Income groups Income elasticity Price elasticity CONTINGENT VALUATION HOUSEHOLD DEMAND CONSUMER DEMAND RATES CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT ELASTICITY POLICIES FRANCE IMPACT
DOI	10.1007/s11269-014-0561-y
英文摘要	Economic theory generally assumes that consumers respond to marginal price, which is the price of the last unit of goods consumed, when making economic decisions. However, this assumption may not hold for goods with multi-block rate schedules. This paper explores the effects of water price information on residents' behaviors under increasing block tariffs. The empirical evidence from the study suggests the middle-income groups respond to average price, which is based on the price level given by total fees divided by total consumption. This evidence supports the hypothesis that the incremental block tariffs are actually treated the same as uniform pricing for the middle-income group, while the highest income group is not sensitive to price changes. On the contrary, residents of the two lowest income groups respond to marginal price and probably go further to compare prices of different blocks and set consumption at kink points of price schedules to achieve maximal welfare. This study also finds that a higher second block price promotes consumption at kink points, and increased payments in first block consumption lead to less incentive to induce discrete choice behavior.; http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000343912300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701 ; Engineering, Civil; Water Resources; SCI(E); EI; SSCI; 1; ARTICLE; pooreco@163.com; Zhangshq@pku.edu.cn; muquan.pku@gmail.com; 14; 4895-4909; 28
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/158221]
专题	环境科学与工程学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Xunzhou,Zhang, Shiqiu,Mu, Quan. How Do Residents Respond to Price under Increasing Block Tariffs? Evidence from Experiments in Urban Residential Water Demand in Beijing[J]. water resources management,2014.
APA	Ma, Xunzhou,Zhang, Shiqiu,&Mu, Quan.(2014).How Do Residents Respond to Price under Increasing Block Tariffs? Evidence from Experiments in Urban Residential Water Demand in Beijing.water resources management.
MLA	Ma, Xunzhou,et al."How Do Residents Respond to Price under Increasing Block Tariffs? Evidence from Experiments in Urban Residential Water Demand in Beijing".water resources management (2014).