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Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study
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| author | Harrison, Christopher G |
| author2 | Conradie, Beatrice |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5794 Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study Harrison, Christopher G Conradie, Beatrice Economics Includes abstract. Includes bibligraphical references. The study presented in this paper examines the demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households. A social cost-benefit analysis to inform electricity investment planning requires the environmental benefit of using green electricity to be expressed in monetary terms. Since existing markets trade in electricity as a homogenous good, market data is of little use in this regard, and non-market valuation approaches are required. This study seeks to answer three key questions: To what extent would upper-middle income households in the Western Cape Province be willing to purchase premium-priced green electricity products? What is the maximum amount that a typical upper-middle income Western Cape household would be willing to pay for such a green electricity product? And: What are the demographic and attitudinal characteristics of adopting households and their members? To answer these questions the contingent valuation methodology was employed, using primary data from a survey (n=464) conducted in Cape Town during April and May of 2012. This survey sought to assess WTP using a hypothetical market, and gathered data on eleven demographic and attitudinal factors selected as possible determinants of WTP on the basis of a literature review. 2014-07-31T12:28:17Z 2014-07-31T12:28:17Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5794 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Economics Harrison, Christopher G Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study |
| title_full | Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study |
| title_fullStr | Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study |
| title_short | Assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper-middle income Western Cape households a contingent valuation study |
| title_sort | assessing demand for green electricity products amongst upper middle income western cape households a contingent valuation study |
| topic | Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5794 |
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