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Demanda de agua en hogares urbanos y cambios tarifarios en Bogotá

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  • Edwin Oswaldo Gil Mateus

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La teoría estándar del consumidor plantea que los agentes económicos responden ante los cambios en los precios de un bien. Sin embargo, no todos los agentes responden con la misma velocidad ante estos cambios en algunos bienes particulares, este es el caso del agua potable. Este artículo analiza la correlación entre el consumo de agua por cuenta-contrato para cada estrato y el componente de cargo básico de la tarifa, para lo cual se estiman las elasticidades del consumo con respecto al rezago de un periodo de la tarifa. Así, se plantea que la tarifa variable básica es una herramienta efectiva para el control de consumos excesivos de agua en los estratos bajos -1, 2 y 3-, por el contrario, este no es un mecanismo eficaz en la disminución de los consumos por hogar para los estratos altos -4, 5 y 6-. Finalmente, se presentan alternativas que se sugieren en una parte de la literatura especializada, dirigidas al establecimiento de programas de gestión de la demanda de agua urbana.******Standard consumer theory suggests that economic agents respond to changes in prices of goods. However, all agents do not respond as quickly to these changes, for some particular goods, which is the case of drinking water. This article analyzes the correlation between the consumption of water bycontract account for each layer and the base charge component of the tariff, for which we estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to backwardness of a rate period. This raises the basic variable rate is an effective tool for controlling excessive water consumption in the lower strata -1, 2 and 3-; in the other hand, this is not an effective mechanism in reducing consumption by home, to the upper strata -4, 5 and 6 -. Finally, alternatives are suggested in some literature, aimed at establishing management programs of urban water demand.

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  • Edwin Oswaldo Gil Mateus, 2011. "Demanda de agua en hogares urbanos y cambios tarifarios en Bogotá," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 3(1), pages 71-90, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000443:009735
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    Keywords

    Empirical analysis of consumption; Water demand management; Drinking water; Análisis empírico del consumo; gestión de la demanda de agua; agua potable.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • Q21 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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