Regulated price reforms and unregulated substitutes: the case of residential piped gas in Argentina

Ariel Casarin ()

Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2014, vol. 45, issue 1, 34-56

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of regulated piped gas price changes on connection decisions and households’ welfare. The analysis explicitly considers bottled gas as a substitute for piped gas and therefore uses a simple utility maximization model that yields both a gas-type choice model and a demand specification whose parameterization allows examining households’ responses to regulated price changes. The results show that relative gas prices and household features explain households’ piped gas usage. They also provide insights on the distribution of welfare changes. The findings illustrate the impact of tariff rebalancing and unregulated substitutes on further access to regulated network services. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Utility service diffusion; Consumer behavior; Tariff rebalancing; Gas industry; D12; L11; C51; L95 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11149-013-9228-5

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