Consumption Patterns and Self-selecting Tariffs
提出并应用实证方法研究消费与费率选择的关系，包括检验费率选择与消费模式的关联、估计边际价格和固定费用的响应参数，并评估自选费率福利假设的有效性。以住宅电话服务为例进行应用。
The authors describe and apply methods for empirically investigating the relation between consumption and tariff choice. These methods allow (1) testing of alternative specifications for the relations of tariff choice and consumption patterns, (2) estimation of parameters that provide information on the response of customers to marginal prices and fixed fees, and (3) a determination of the extent to which the assumptions embodied in welfare results on self-selecting tariffs are valid in a particular setting. They apply the procedures to residential demand for local telephone service in an area where households are offered a choice among tariffs. Copyright 1989 by MIT Press.