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SOLINO, MARIO (2) answer(s).
 
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Generating electricity with forest biomass: consistency and payment timeframe effects in choice experiments / Solino, Mario; Farizo, Begona A; Vazquez, Maria X; Prada, Albino   Journal Article
Solino, Mario Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract This paper presents a choice experiment analyzing the consumers' preferences towards a policy for replacing conventional electricity with electricity generated from forest biomass. The results show that consumers specially prefer the effects related to the lower risk of forest fires and to the decrease in pressure on non-renewable resources. The article also presents a methodological test in relation to the payment timeframe and its effect on marginal willingness to pay and consistency of responses using choice experiments. The most frequent and realistic payments are associated with lower presence of inconsistent responses. Finally, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of no effects of payment timeframe on marginal willingness to pay.
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Influence of home-site factors on residents' willingness to pay: an application for power generation from scrubland in Galicia, Spain / Solino, Mario; Farizo, Begoña A.; Campos, Pablo   Journal Article
Solino, Mario Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract The main objective of this paper is to measure how much home-site factors can help to explain the individual WTP for an environmental improvement in power generation in Galicia, Spain. The results show that home-site variables such as a dispersed population, local community income, population growth and coastal/inland emplacements have significant effects on the residents' WTP. Individual and home-site models are compared using goodness-of-fit measures, and implications for forestry resources management and energy planning are discussed. The results favor to take into account the home-site variables into the WTP function. Moreover, a different structure of preferences for coastal and inland inhabitants is identified. A cross-validity analysis shows that some home-site coefficients are common to both sub-samples, but the scale parameters are not homogenous. This analysis could be useful to inform and support the public energy policy when designing incentives that promote the electric use of biomass.
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