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Necessary demand and extra demand of public utility product: identification using the stochastic frontier model

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  • Eri Nakamura

    (Kobe University)

  • Fumitoshi Mizutani

    (Kobe University)

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Our purpose is to empirically investigate necessary and extra demand of a consumer for public utility product. Our paper makes three contributions. First, using the stochastic frontier model, we identify necessary and extra demand in a consumer’s consumption. Second, we calculate the rates of necessary and extra demand in a consumer’s consumption and compare the relative importance of the two. Third, we examine the effects of internal and external incentives for extra demand. By empirical investigation using electricity consumption data on 557 Japanese households in 2012, we obtain the following results. First, physical conditions such as house size, the number of electric appliances, and family size surely determine necessary demand. Second, the demand response mechanism alone does not reduce extra demand, while it can reduce extra demand when combined with the consciousness of saving energy. Third, since necessary demand comprises the preponderance of total consumption, investigations into optimizing the physical conditions of consumers are important.

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  • Eri Nakamura & Fumitoshi Mizutani, 2019. "Necessary demand and extra demand of public utility product: identification using the stochastic frontier model," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 46(1), pages 45-64, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:epolin:v:46:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s40812-018-0101-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s40812-018-0101-5
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    Keywords

    Necessary demand; Extra demand; Internal incentive; External incentive; Stochastic frontier model;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • L90 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - General
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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