Title: Using survival analysis to analyse turf removal rebate patterns in Los Angeles County

Authors: John Shideler

Addresses: Department of Business, Rollins College, 170 W. Fairbanks Avenue, Winter Park, Florida 32789, USA

Abstract: A time-to-event analysis framework is employed to investigate the influence of household heterogeneity, peer effects, and drought messaging on participation in a regional turf removal rebate program in Los Angeles County California between 2014 and 2016. A shared frailty model with a between-within decomposition is used to isolate potential peer effects from bias in the form of simultaneity, correlated unobservables, and homophily. Unlike recent research in this realm, peer effects are not found to significantly influence participation, while owner living in home, home tenure, and annual cost of water are.

Keywords: survival model; between-within decomposition; turf removal rebates; water policy; peer effects.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2025.145791

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2025 Vol.24 No.2, pp.169 - 188

Received: 14 Jun 2023
Accepted: 23 Jul 2024
Published online: 23 Apr 2025 *

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