Nudges versus prices: Lessons and challenges from a water-savings program

2024/04/18 by Francisco Hernández, Marcela Jaime, Felipe Vásquez +1 · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Water resources management and optimization

paper · doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107546

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Citations

• The Residential Water Demand Effect of Increasing Block Rate Water Budgets
• Social norms and energy conservation
• Social Comparisons in Real Time: A Field Experiment of Residential Electricity and Water Use*
• Direct and spillover effects of a social information campaign on residential water-savings
• Incentives and Prosocial Behavior
• Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions

Discussions

• Nudges or prices—what works best for saving water? In a study from Colombia, Marcela Jaime finds price hikes reduce use more (11%) than social nudges (7%). But beware: if not timed well, price changes [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]