Optimal Utility Pricing when Consumers Form Habits : The Case of Piped Water in Vietnam

Optimal Utility Pricing when Consumers Form Habits : The Case of Piped Water in Vietnam

As utility services expand throughout the developing world, providers must grapple with how to set prices to recover average costs. Data from a multi-year randomized pricing experiment among nearly 1500 recently-connected piped water customers in Vietnam reveal month-to-month demand persistence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Do, Quy-Toan, Jacoby, Hanan G.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
PIPED WATER
DEMAND ELASTICITY
HABIT FORMATION
UTILITY PRICES
PRICE ELASTICITY
Online Access:https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/321751586281645715/optimal-utility-pricing-when-consumers-form-habits-the-case-of-piped-water-in-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33581

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https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/321751586281645715/optimal-utility-pricing-when-consumers-form-habits-the-case-of-piped-water-in-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33581

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