Data and Code for: Inefficient water pricing and incentives for conservation
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ujjayant Chakravorty, Tufts University; Manzoor H. Dar, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics; Kyle Emerick, Tufts University
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Project Description
Summary:
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Farmers often buy water using fixed fees --- rather than with marginal prices. We use two randomized controlled trials in Bangladesh to study the relationship between marginal prices, adoption of a water-saving technology, and water usage. Our first experiment shows that the technology only saves water when farmers face marginal prices. Our second experiment finds that an encouragement to voluntarily convert to hourly pumping charges does not save water. Taken together, efforts to conserve water work best when farmers face marginal prices, but simply giving an option for marginal pricing is insufficient to trigger water-saving investments and reduced irrigation demands.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Water Pricing;
Randomized Controlled Trials
JEL Classification:
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O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q25 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q25 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water
Geographic Coverage:
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Bangladesh
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