Using Contingent Valuation to Explore Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Comparison of Collective and Voluntary Payment Vehicles

摘要

;Table of Contents: Executive summary; Introduction; The Contingent Valuation Approach; The Environmental Good and Past Research: Renewable Energy; Data, Methods, and Respondent Characteristics; Survey Results; Summary of Findings; Implications for Contingent Valuation; Implications of the 'Participation Expectations' Effect; Implications for Renewable Energy Programs; References; Appendix A: Contact letters for CV and Opinion surveys; Appendix B: Sample contingent valuation surveys; Appendix C: Opinion survey; Appendix D: Telephone script for CV and Opinion Surveys and Appendix E: Further Questions and Results and From CV Surveys.