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| Title: | | Do environmental benefits matter? A choice experiment among house owners in Germany  |
| Authors: | | Achtnicht, Martin |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 10-094 |
| Abstract: | | Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and heating, particularly in industrialised countries. Within the EU, decentralised heat generation is of particular relevance for future climate policy, as its emissions are not covered by the EU ETS. We conducted a choice experiment concerning energy retrofits for existing houses in Germany. In the experiment, the approximately 400 sampled house owners could either choose a modern heating system or an improved thermal insulation for their home. We used standard and mixed logit specifications to analyse the choice data. We found environmental benefits to have a significant impact on choices of heating systems. However, they played no role in terms of insulation choices. Based on the estimated mixed logit model, we further obtained WTP measures for CO2 savings. |
| Subjects: | | Choice experiment CO2 emissions Energy efficiency Energy saving Mixed logit Residential buildings Willingness to pay |
| JEL: | | C25 D12 Q40 Q51 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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