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Determinants of willingness-to-pay for renewable energy: does the age of nuclear power plant reactors matter?

Mahieu, Pierre-Alexandre; Donfouet, Hermann Pythagore Pierre; Kriström, Bengt

Abstract

Many countries are facing a dilemma over whether to extend the lives of their old reactors or make costly capital investments on Renewable Energy (RE). This paper explores the determinants of Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) for RE in France by means of a contingent valuation question that was included in a large web survey organized by the OECD. The main contribution of our paper is to test whether people living close to a reactor are sensitive to the age of the reactor. We find that the age of the reactor has a positive effect on WTP for RE.

Published in

Revue d Economie Politique
2015, Volume: 125, number: 2, pages: 299-315

    Sustainable Development Goals

    SDG7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Economics

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3917/redp.252.0299

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    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/53343