The following is the content of the compressed file SCB_PUBLIC.ZIP with the data from the Kentucky tariff experiment of 1986. SCB_PUBLIC.ZIP Zipped Text file with the raw data. SCB_STATISTICS.TXT Descriptive statistics of the raw data. DESCRIPTION.PDF Data description KPSC-ORDER.PDF Memorandum ordering to conduct the tariff experiment QUESTIONNAIRE.PDF Actual questionnaire for the telephone interviews. ? VARIABLES OF THE ORIGINAL DATA SET ?---------------------------------------------------------- ? 01 Telephone number - Transformed into a household index ? 02 Month from which usage data was collected ? 03 Total Bill ? 04 No. Calls: Band A, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm ? 05 No. Calls: Band B, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm ? 06 No. Minutes: Band A, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm ? 07 No. Minutes: Band B, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm ? 08 No. Calls: Band A, Monday-Friday, 5pm-8pm ? 09 No. Calls: Band B, Monday-Friday, 5pm-8pm ? 10 No. Minutes: Band A, Monday-Friday, 5pm-8pm ? 11 No. Minutes: Band B, Monday-Friday, 5pm-8pm ? 12 No. Calls: Band A, Monday-Friday, 8pm-11pm ? 13 No. Calls: Band B, Monday-Friday, 8pm-11pm ? 14 No. Minutes: Band A, Monday-Friday, 8pm-11pm ? 15 No. Minutes: Band B, Monday-Friday, 8pm-11pm ? 16 No. Calls: Band A, All weekdays, 11pm-8am ? 17 No. Calls: Band B, All weekdays, 11pm-8am ? 18 No. Minutes: Band A, All weekdays, 11pm-8am ? 19 No. Minutes: Band B, All weekdays, 11pm-8am ? 20 No. Calls: Band A, Friday at 11pm -- Sunday at 5pm ? 21 No. Calls: Band B, Friday at 11pm -- Sunday at 5pm ? 22 No. Minutes: Band A, Friday at 11pm -- Sunday at 5pm ? 23 No. Minutes: Band B, Friday at 11pm -- Sunday at 5pm ? 24 No. Calls: Band A, Sunday, 5pm-8pm ? 25 No. Calls: Band B, Sunday, 5pm-8pm ? 26 No. Minutes: Band A, Sunday, 5pm-8pm ? 27 No. Minutes: Band B, Sunday, 5pm-8pm ? 28 No. Calls: Band A, Sunday, 8pm-11pm ? 29 No. Calls: Band B, Sunday, 8pm-11pm ? 30 No. Minutes: Band A, Sunday, 8pm-11pm ? 31 No. Minutes: Band B, Sunday, 8pm-11pm ? 32 Rate quality of telephone service (no) ? 33 Rate value of telephone service (no) ? 34 Number of telephone numbers (no) ? 35 Indicator of business lines (no) ? 36 Number of business lines (no) ? 37 Customer's own estimate of the number of weekly local calls (spring) ? 38 Number of people normally using the telephone (no) ? 39 Familiar with billing? (no) ? 40 Do you subscribe to measured service? (no) ? 41 How did you learn about measured service? (no) ? 42 Which service is more fair? (no) ? 43 Which service do you prefer? (no) ? 44 Age group of the household head ? 45 Number of people living in the household ? 46 Number of adults (20-64) living in the household ? 47 Number of teenagers (13-19) living in the household ? 48 Number of kids (12 or under) living in the household ? 49 Number of seniors (65 or above) living in the household ? 50 Last grade completed by the head of the household ? 51 Marital status of the head of the household ? 52 Occupation of the head of the household ? 53 Head of the household is retired ? 54 Number of spouses working outside home ? 55 Number of spouses working part-time (1-34 hours) ? 56 Ethnicity ? 57 Use phone for church charity ? 58 Type of appliances owned ? 59 Number of moves in the last year ? 60 Annual household income ? 61 Do you consider yourself on a fixed income? ? 62 Do you receive benefits? ? 63 Social Security ? 64 Social Security / Disability ? 65 Supplemental Security Income ? 66 Food Stamps ? 67 Aid to Dependent Children ? 68 Federal Rent Assistance ? 69 Other Benefits ? 70 Sex ? 71 Tariff Option for September: 0=Flat; 1=Measured; 2=Flat Bus; 3=Measured Bus ? 72 Year of the observation ? 73 Exchange indicator: 38=Louisville; 44=Bowling Green ? 74 Tariff Option for October ? 75 Tariff Option for November ? Naming of usage related variables. ?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? Usage pattern variables are named according to the following system of rules: ? First character: M=minutes C=number of calls ? Second character: A=band A (close) B=band B (far) ? Third and Fourth: PP = (peak-peak) Weekdays, from 8am to 5pm ? PS = (peak-shoulder) Weekdays, from 5pm to 8pm ? SO = (shoulder-off-peak) Weekdays, from 8pm to 11pm ? OO = (off-off) Weekdays, from 11pm to 8am ? WW = (weekend-weekend) from Fridays 11pm to Sundays 5pm ? SA = (sunday-afternoon) Sundays, from 5pm to 8pm ? SE = (sunday-evening) Sundays, from 8pm to 11 ? ? In Louisville the tariff does not distinguish between PS and SO, which are aggregated ? in the same time band. I however compute them separately because it may be useful to ? run some welfare analysis at the end to answer questions as: What happens if the off- ? peak period started at 8pm instead of 11pm? ? Equivalence of names used in the file SCB_STATISTICS.TXT with descriptive statistics. ?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------__ ? X1=id, X2=month, X44=age, X45=hhsize, X47=teens, ? X50=college, X51=married, X53=retired, X56=black, X57=church, ? X59=moved, X60=income, X62=benefits, X73=lv, X37=expcalls, ? X4=CAPP, X5=CBPP, X6=MAPP, X7=MBPP, ? X8=CAPS, X9=CBPS, X10=MAPS, X11=MBPS, ? X12=CASO, X13=CBSO, X14=MASO, X15=MBSO, ? X16=CAOO, X17=CBOO, X18=MAOO, X19=MBOO, ? X20=CAWW, X21=CBWW, X22=MAWW, X23=MBWW, ? X24=CASA, X25=CBSA, X26=MASA, X27=MBSA, ? X28=CASE, X29=CBSE, X30=MASE, X31=MBSE