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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.015 |
Explaining willingness to pay for pricing reforms that improve electricity service in India | |
Blankenship, Brian1; Wong, Jason Chun Yu2; Urpelainen, Johannes3 | |
2019-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 128页码:459-469 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Quality of electricity service remains poor in many developing countries. Here we examine factors that influence stated willingness to pay for better service (i.e., more hours of power per day) among rural and urban households in Uttar Pradesh, India. Besides suggesting that low willingness to pay is a major obstacle to pricing reform, we find that respondents with more social trust are willing to pay more. In a randomized survey experiment, we also find that delays in service improvements and a lack of community support for pricing reform reduce willingness to pay. These results confirm the importance of non-financial considerations in popular support for policies that impose higher prices in exchange for better service. However, we do not find evidence for sense of entitlement - the belief that government should offer basic goods and services for free - as a predictor of low willingness to pay. These results offer useful input for effective strategies to reform electricity pricing for better service and, ultimately, economic growth, particularly in areas where electricity is heavily underpriced and where governance is weak. |
英文关键词 | Energy India Public opinion Electricity Pricing reform Public services |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000463688800044 |
WOS关键词 | PUBLIC-GOODS ; TRUST ; ELECTRIFICATION ; PREFERENCES ; QUANTITIES ; SUBSIDIES ; DISTRUST ; BEHAVIOR |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/182751 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Dartmouth Coll, Hanover, NH 03755 USA; 2.Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA; 3.Johns Hopkins SAIS, Washington, DC USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Blankenship, Brian,Wong, Jason Chun Yu,Urpelainen, Johannes. Explaining willingness to pay for pricing reforms that improve electricity service in India[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,128:459-469. |
APA | Blankenship, Brian,Wong, Jason Chun Yu,&Urpelainen, Johannes.(2019).Explaining willingness to pay for pricing reforms that improve electricity service in India.ENERGY POLICY,128,459-469. |
MLA | Blankenship, Brian,et al."Explaining willingness to pay for pricing reforms that improve electricity service in India".ENERGY POLICY 128(2019):459-469. |
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