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Block Rate Design

Block Rate Design is a tariff structure in which the price per unit of consumption varies according to predefined intervals or blocks of usage, distinguishing itself from other rate designs by applying discrete price steps that change only upon crossing block thresholds.

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2017–2026

6

Variants

Block PricingBlock Rate Tariff

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Publications

22

A Discrete/Continuous Choice Approach to Residential Water Demand under Block Rate Pricing: Reply

Julie Hewitt · Land Economics · 2000 · 284 citations

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A Discrete/Continuous Choice Approach to Residential Water Demand under Block Rate Pricing

Julie Hewitt, W. Michael Hanemann · Land Economics · 1995 · 234 citations

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Equity, Price Elasticity, and Household Income Under Increasing Block Rates for Water

Donald E. Agthe, R. Bruce Billings · American Journal of Economics and Sociology · 1987 · 106 citations

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A Simultaneous Equation Demand Model for Block Rates

Donald E. Agthe, R. Bruce Billings, John Dobra et al. · Water Resources Research · 1986 · 89 citations

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Instrumental Variables Approach to Rural Water Service Demand

Steven C. Deller, David Chicoine, Ganapathi S. Ramamurthy · Southern Economic Journal · 1986 · 53 citations

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Authors

53

  1. DE
    Donald E. Agthe

    University of Arizona, United States

    3 publications · 208 citations

    3

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  2. RB
    R. Bruce Billings

    University of Arizona, United States

    3 publications · 208 citations

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  3. JH
    Julie Hewitt

    Environmental Protection Agency, United States

    2 publications · 518 citations

    2

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  4. DC
    David Chicoine

    Louisiana State University, United States

    1 publications · 53 citations

    1

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  5. RS
    Roger Sherman

    University of Virginia, United States

    1 publications · 48 citations

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Institutions

32

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    225 citations

  2. Office of the Attorney General

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  4. Universitat de València

    Valencia, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  5. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. Wuhan University of Technology

    Wuhan, China

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    168 citations

  7. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. Draper Laboratory

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

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Venues

  1. Water Resources Research

    4 publications · 177 citations

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  3. Land Economics

    2 publications · 518 citations

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  4. Water Policy

    1 publications · 22 citations

    1

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  5. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

    JBES · 1 publications · 52 citations

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