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

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Navajas, Fernando Heberto
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2007
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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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engel curves
natural gas consumption
social tariffs
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
title Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
spellingShingle Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
Navajas, Fernando Heberto
Ciencias Económicas
engel curves
natural gas consumption
social tariffs
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
title_sort Engel Curves, Household Characteristics and Low-User Tariff Schemes in Natural Gas
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Navajas, Fernando Heberto
author Navajas, Fernando Heberto
author_facet Navajas, Fernando Heberto
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
engel curves
natural gas consumption
social tariffs
topic Ciencias Económicas
engel curves
natural gas consumption
social tariffs
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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
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