more efficient water usage in the production of four California agricultural products. We implement an internet survey … choice experiment for avocados, almonds, lettuce, and tomatoes to elicit consumer valuation for water efficiency via revealed … method (conventional or organic), and water usage (average or efficient). Varying the attribute space presented to consumers …

and water and (ii) explore the adoption of energy saving technologies. Viewed in its totality, this work suggests that … influence the use of energy and water. For academics, the studies reviewed provide a deeper understanding of individual behavior … blueprint outlining ways to combine insights from neo-classical and behavioral economics to manage energy/water demand and …

identifies causal peer effects in water conservation during the growing season, utilizing variation from consumer migration. We … landscaping underpins the peer effects in water consumption. We also provide evidence that without a price signal, peer effects … are muted, demonstrating a complementarity between information transmission and prices. These results inform water use …

Between 1905 and 1934 over 869 farmers in Owens Valley, California sold their land and associated water rights to Los … Angeles, 250 miles to the southwest. This agriculture-to-urban water transfer increased Los Angeles' water supply by over 4 … took water from a marginal agricultural area and transferred it via the Los Angeles Aqueduct. No other sources of water …

understood. Yet, there is little evidence comparing the effectiveness of these instruments, especially when considering water … resource management. We exploit a rich panel of residential water consumption to examine heterogeneous responses to both price … to reduce consumption among households who generally are large consumers of water. However, prescriptive policies such as …

This paper exploits the seasonal and annual changes in marginal prices for water to estimate the price elasticity of … demand by residential households for water. It uses the changes in distributions of water using the census block group levels … in response to changes in marginal prices of water for matched months across years. This strategy reduces the interaction …