We study the response of residential water demand to nonlinear prices by exploiting a natural experiment arising from a water pricing reform in a major Chinese city. The reform introduced an unconventional Increasing Block Tariff featuring prices set according to annual cumulative consumption...

We study the response of residential water demand to nonlinear prices by exploiting a natural experiment arising from a water pricing reform in a major Chinese city. The reform introduced an unconventional Increasing Block Tariff featuring prices set according to annual cumulative consumption...

We study the long-term effects of in utero exposure to treated tap water on childhood health in rural China, where boiling water before drinking is common to remove disease-causing microorganisms. We exploit the gradual roll-out of a rural drinking water program that supplies treated tap water...