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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112521
	Willingness to pay for domestic biogas plants and distributing carbon revenues to influence their purchase: A case study in Nepal
	Thapa S.; Morrison M.; Parton K.A.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	158
英文摘要	Despite the potential benefits to human health and greenhouse gas mitigation, the uptake of biogas plants in Nepal and other developing countries has been less than optimal. We investigate the potential to stimulate the market for biogas plants through the distribution of environmental income generated from carbon credits. While previously identified in the literature, this has received limited experimental testing in the context of rural households in developing countries. We first use contingent valuation to assess willingness to pay for domestic biogas plants. Using Heckman selection models, we then examine how the provision of carbon revenue earnings influences household willingness to purchase in the absence of a subsidy. We find that households are willing to pay on average US $361.54 for a biogas digester, which is less than full market price of US $433.79, but higher than the current market price net of government subsidy. Household willingness to purchase is influenced by access to environmental income for those not initially in the market, but has no effect on those initially willing to purchase a biogas plant. Our findings suggest that the provision of environmental income has the potential to lead to more rapid and widespread adoption of biogas plants. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Carbon revenues; Contingent valuation; Credit; Energy access; Heckman; Willingness to pay
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biogas; Commerce; Developing countries; Economic analysis; Greenhouse gases; Sales; Biogas plants; Carbon revenue; Case-studies; Contingent valuations; Credit; Energy access; Environmental incomes; Heckman; Market price; Willingness to pay; Carbon; accessibility; biogas; carbon emission; contingent valuation; developing world; energy market; environmental economics; experimental study; rural electrification; willingness to pay; Nepal
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256573
作者单位	Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal; School of Management and Marketing, and Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thapa S.,Morrison M.,Parton K.A.. Willingness to pay for domestic biogas plants and distributing carbon revenues to influence their purchase: A case study in Nepal[J],2021,158.
APA	Thapa S.,Morrison M.,&Parton K.A..(2021).Willingness to pay for domestic biogas plants and distributing carbon revenues to influence their purchase: A case study in Nepal.Energy Policy,158.
MLA	Thapa S.,et al."Willingness to pay for domestic biogas plants and distributing carbon revenues to influence their purchase: A case study in Nepal".Energy Policy 158(2021).