To forecast accurately the welfare gains and effects on demand from introducing seasonal electricity rates, we use a variable response model with data from the Los Angeles Electricity Rate Study. The model exploits the time series and cross sectional variation in the data and permits...

International calls include consumption and financial externalities. Theoretical analysis predicts that the volume of outbound and inbound calls is a function of originating-country price ("own-price") and terminating-country price ("cross-price"). Analysis of annual data for minutes of calling...