Household response to dynamic pricing of electricity: A survey of 15 experiments

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-225

  Faruqui, Ahmad ^a   Sergici, Sanem ^a  

^a THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand models; Demand response; Dynamic pricing; Elasticity of substitution; Price elasticity; Rate design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957144893     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-010-9127-y     Document Type: Review

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