We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

behavior. In Jerusalem, water bill due dates are randomly determined and therefore may occur just before or after social … security paydays. We compared the likelihood of late payments by low-income households when they receive their social benefits … a day after the water bill due date to the likelihood of late payment by the same households when they receive their …

In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic … privatisation and other reforms on consumer prices using both subjective data on consumers' perception of utility prices and data on … average prices paid. -- privatisation ; electricity ; gas ; reforms …

to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case study of the implementation of the 1994 water reform in Italy in … European Court of Justice. -- regulatory reform ; public policy implementation ; Europeanization ; water sector ; Italy …