Reduced-form versus structural models of water demand under nonlinear prices

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-94

  Olmstead, Sheila M ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete continuous choice model; Increasing block pricing; Monte Carlo simulation; Piecewise linear budget constraint; Price elasticity; Structural estimation.

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549093282     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.0007     Document Type: Article

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