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The effect of power outages and cheap talk on willingness to pay to reduce outages

Carlsson, F ; Martinsson, P and Akay, A (2011) In Energy Economics 33(5). p.790-798
Abstract
Using an open-ended contingent valuation survey, we analyze how (i) experience of a power outage due to one of the worst storms ever to hit Sweden and (ii) a cheap talk script affect respondents' WTP to avoid power outages. Experience significantly increases and a cheap talk script significantly decreases the proportion of respondents with zero WTP, and as a result stated WTP is lower with experience and the cheap talk script. The paper concludes with a discussion on the use of valuation studies shortly after the occurrence of an undesirable event. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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Contingent valuation, Cheap talk, Experience, Power outages
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Energy Economics
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33
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5
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790 - 798
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Elsevier
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0140-9883
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10.1016/j.eneco.2011.01.004
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  title        = {{The effect of power outages and cheap talk on willingness to pay to reduce outages}},
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