Designing a forest-energy policy to reduce forest fires in Galicia (Spain): A contingent valuation application
| Autor: | Mario Soliño, Albino Prada, María Xosé Vázquez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Natural resource economics
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Open-ended Sample (statistics) Energy policy Willingness to pay Environmental protection Economics Biomass Contingent valuation media_common Ecology biology business.industry Heckman sample selection Forestry Euros biology.organism_classification Payment Electricity business Energy source Protest responses |
| Zdroj: | Repositorio de Resultados de Investigación del INIA INIA: Repositorio de Resultados de Investigación del INIA Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria INIA |
| ISSN: | 1104-6899 |
| Popis: | Recent issues of this journal have presented an interesting debate regarding forest fires in Galicia, Spain. This article proposes a forest-energy programme that will contribute to reducing the risk of forest fires in this Atlantic Region of Southern Europe. We apply the contingent valuation method to assess a programme whereby 10% of the electricity produced from coal, fuel oil and gas would be replaced by electricity generated in biomass power plants. The programme would begin implementation in 2005 and it would take 6 years (up to 2010) before we reach the 10% goal. The results show that Galician households are willing to pay a mean of 38 Euros per year. In addition, we have introduced an innovative procedure to detect protest responses related to the payment vehicle in a contingent valuation. Heckman's sample-selection procedure is used to analyse the WTP function. © 2009 Elsevier GmbH. |
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