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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.02.025 |
How do urban households in China respond to increasing block pricing in electricity? Evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach | |
Zhang, Zibin1; Cai, Wenxin1; Feng, Xiangzhao2 | |
2017-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY
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ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 105 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China |
英文摘要 | China is the largest electricity consumption country after it has passed the United States in 2011. Residential electricity consumption in China grew by 381.35% (12.85% per annum) between 2000 and 2013. In order to deal with rapid growth in residential electricity consumption, an increasing block pricing policy was introduced for residential electricity consumers in China on July 1st, 2012. Using difference-in-differences models with a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, we estimate a causal effect of price on electricity consumption for urban households during the introduction of increasing block pricing policy in Guangdong province of China. We find that consumers do not respond to a smaller (approximately 8%) increase in marginal price. However, consumers do respond to a larger increase in marginal price. An approximately 40% increase in marginal price induces an approximately 35% decrease in electricity use (284 kWh per month). Our results suggest that although the increasing block pricing could affect the behavior of households with higher electricity use, there is only a limit potential to overall energy conservation. |
英文关键词 | Difference-in-differences Electricity demand Increasing block pricing Price elasticity Fuzzy regression discontinuity |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000400532900016 |
WOS关键词 | RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND ; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION ; ELASTICITIES ; TARIFFS ; PRICES ; MODELS ; RATES ; TAX |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/19051 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Zhejiang Univ, Ctr Res Private Econ, Dept Econ, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China; 2.Minist Environm Protect PR China, Policy Res Ctr Environm & Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Zibin,Cai, Wenxin,Feng, Xiangzhao. How do urban households in China respond to increasing block pricing in electricity? Evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2017,105. |
APA | Zhang, Zibin,Cai, Wenxin,&Feng, Xiangzhao.(2017).How do urban households in China respond to increasing block pricing in electricity? Evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach.ENERGY POLICY,105. |
MLA | Zhang, Zibin,et al."How do urban households in China respond to increasing block pricing in electricity? Evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach".ENERGY POLICY 105(2017). |
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