Consumers' willingness to pay for renewable and nuclear energy: A comparative analysis between the US and Japan
Consumers' willingness to pay for renewable and nuclear energy: A comparative analysis between the US and Japan
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DOI：
10.1016/j.eneco.2015.05.002
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2015-07
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12.8
通讯作者：
Kayo Murakami;T. Ida;Makoto Tanaka;L. Friedman
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作者：
Kayo Murakami;T. Ida;Makoto Tanaka;L. Friedman
本文探讨了消费者愿意支付核电和可再生能源电力作为两种替代化石燃料，以减少温室气体排放。我们在福岛核电站事故后在美国四个州和日本进行了一项在线调查的基础上，进行了消费者陈述偏好的选择实验。首先，结果表明，美国消费者愿意为温室气体排放减少1%支付每月0.31美元，这与美国十年前的结果相似。日本消费者每月支付0.26美元的意愿略低。其次，两国的普通消费者都表示不希望在燃料组合中增加核电（日本的情况更严重）。第三，可再生能源得到了美国和日本消费者的认可，他们愿意每月支付0.71美元和0.31美元，以增加1%的可再生能源使用量。本研究还考察了受访者特征的差异。在福岛核危机后对核能利用的看法没有改变的美国受访者中，约有60%的人几乎不喜欢核能的变化，这与日本受访者反对核能形成鲜明对比。
This paper examines consumers' willingness to pay for nuclear and renewable electricity as two alternatives to fossil fuels for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. We conduct a choice experiment of consumer-stated preferences on the basis of an online survey in four US states and Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant accident. First, the results suggest that US consumers' willingness to pay for a 1% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions is $0.31 per month, which is similar to the results for the US a decade ago. Japanese consumers show a slightly lower willingness to pay of $0.26 per month. Second, the average consumer in both countries expresses a negative preference for increases in nuclear power in the fuel mix (to a greater extent in Japan). Third, renewable energy sources were endorsed by both US and Japanese consumers, who show a willingness to pay $0.71 and $0.31 per month for a 1% increase in the use of renewable source energy. This study also examines the differences in respondents' characteristics. Approximately 60% of the US respondents who did not change their perception concerning the use of nuclear energy subsequent to the Fukushima nuclear crisis have almost no preference for variation in nuclear power, which is in stark contrast to the Japanese respondents' opposition to nuclear energy.