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Browne, Oliver R., Gazze, Ludovica, Greenstone, Michael and Rostapshova, Olga (2022) Man vs. machine : technological promise and political limits of automated regulation enforcement. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1440). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
New technologies allow perfect detection of environmental violations at near-zero marginal cost, but take-up is low. We conducted a field experiment to evaluate enforcement of water conservation rules with smart meters in Fresno, CA. Households were randomly assigned combinations of enforcement method (automated or in-person inspections) and fines. Automated enforcement increased households’ punishment rates from 0.1 to 14%, decreased water use by 3%, and reduced violations by 17%, while higher fine levels had little effect. However, automated enforcement also increased customer complaints by 1,102%, ultimately causing its cancellation and highlighting that political considerations limit technological solutions to enforcement challenges.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Technological innovations, Water conservation , Water-meters , Water-meters -- Automatic control , Environmental economics | |||||||||
| Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | |||||||||
| Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | |||||||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 0083-7350 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2022 | |||||||||
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| Number: | 1440 | |||||||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | |||||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
| Description: | This paper also appears as CAGE Discussion paper 646 |
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