Testing the behavior of rationally inattentive consumers in a residential water market
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Rationally inattentive consumers; Residential water demand; Increasing block pricing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q21 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
- Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
- L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
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