Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas

We explore the relative importance of income and household characteristics (such as family size) in explaining differences in household consumption of natural gas and LPG. In a simple model of vertically (willingness to pay) ordered households we posit that the relative importance of the income elas...

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Autor principal: Navajas, Fernando Heberto
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Publicado: 2007
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social tariffs
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1694352024-09-03T04:08:08Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/169435 Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas Navajas, Fernando Heberto 2007-11 2007 2024-09-02T17:33:07Z en Ciencias Económicas engel curves natural gas consumption social tariffs We explore the relative importance of income and household characteristics (such as family size) in explaining differences in household consumption of natural gas and LPG. In a simple model of vertically (willingness to pay) ordered households we posit that the relative importance of the income elasticity of demand (vs. the family-size elasticity) depends positively on the price faced by households. Thus, very low prices tend to depress the across households income elasticity of demand in favor of the characteristics-elasticity and the opposite holds for under high prices. We test this hypothesis using, for the first time in Argentina, data from the household expenditure survey on Natural gas and LPG and compare the cross-section consumption equations for both fuels, which have quite different price regimes. Finally, we explore welfare implications for low-user tariff scheme reforms in natural gas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas Objeto de conferencia Objeto de conferencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf
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engel curves
natural gas consumption
social tariffs
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social tariffs
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Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
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engel curves
natural gas consumption
social tariffs
description We explore the relative importance of income and household characteristics (such as family size) in explaining differences in household consumption of natural gas and LPG. In a simple model of vertically (willingness to pay) ordered households we posit that the relative importance of the income elasticity of demand (vs. the family-size elasticity) depends positively on the price faced by households. Thus, very low prices tend to depress the across households income elasticity of demand in favor of the characteristics-elasticity and the opposite holds for under high prices. We test this hypothesis using, for the first time in Argentina, data from the household expenditure survey on Natural gas and LPG and compare the cross-section consumption equations for both fuels, which have quite different price regimes. Finally, we explore welfare implications for low-user tariff scheme reforms in natural gas.
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author Navajas, Fernando Heberto
author_facet Navajas, Fernando Heberto
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title Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
title_short Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
title_full Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
title_fullStr Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
title_full_unstemmed Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
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