Abstract As water rights and water usage become an ever more important part of municipalities’ and states’ way of life, it becomes important to understand what policies can be effective for encouraging conservation of water. One method that has been employed at various times and throughout numerous communities is to limit outdoor watering days. We use a dataset with over 3 million property-month observations during the 2007–2015 period in Norman, Oklahoma, to identify whether the periodic implementation of mandatory water restrictions reduces water usage. Our data allow us to exploit variance in the timing of these water restriction programs. Our findings indicate that this policy reduces water consumption by 0.7 % of total water consumption. Additionally, we use home assessment prices to identify heterogeneity in this response, finding that high priced homes are more responsive to water use restrictions.

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分析强制性用水限制对用水的影响

摘要 随着水权和用水成为城市和州生活方式中越来越重要的一部分，了解哪些政策可以有效地鼓励节约用水变得很重要。在不同时期和众多社区中采用的一种方法是限制户外浇水天数。我们在 2007 年至 2015 年期间在俄克拉荷马州诺曼市使用具有超过 300 万个财产月观察数据的数据集来确定定期实施强制性用水限制是否会减少用水量。我们的数据使我们能够利用这些限水计划的时间差异。我们的研究结果表明，该政策将耗水量减少了总耗水量的 0.7%。此外，我们使用房屋评估价格来识别此响应中的异质性，