An Evaluation of Economists' Influence on Electric Utility Rate Reforms,
评估了1970年代经济学家在推广分时电价中的作用，指出其贡献未达潜在影响力，并建议为下一步费率决策做准备。
Economists participated in the promotion of time-of-use (TOU) pricing during the 1970s, but analysis and evaluation of the role they played indicate that their contribution fell short of their potential influence. The study examines how economists compiled, analyzed, and evaluated electric-utility rate structures to determine how effectively they presented arguments supporting the idea that TOU pricing would alter energy-use patterns and would have a desirable cost-benefit effect. While TOU now permeates US utility rate structures, the author feels that professional economists could have presented more-forceful arguments, and should now be preparing to participate in the next step of rate decisions. 14 references. (DCK)