Does it matter when a power outage occurs? - A choice experiment study on the willingness to pay to avoid power outages

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1232-1245

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Power outages; Random parameters; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ELECTRICITY MARKET; LOGIT ESTIMATION; LOGIT MODEL; RANDOM PARAMETER;

OUTAGES;

ELECTRICAL POWER; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 39749179769     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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