Do consumers respond to marginal or average price? Evidence from nonlinear electricity pricing

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 537-563

  Ito, Koichiro ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894178960     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.2.537     Document Type: Article

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