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Paying for Mitigati...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
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- Carlsson, Fredrik, 1968 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Centrum för globalisering och utveckling (GCGD),Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik, Enheten för miljöekonomi,Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development (GCGD),Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Unit
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Kataria, Mitesh (author)
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Krupnick, Alan (author)
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- Lampi, Elina, 1967 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik, Enheten för miljöekonomi,Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Unit
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- Löfgren, Åsa, 1972 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik, Enheten för miljöekonomi,Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Unit
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- Qin, Ping, 1976 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik, Enheten för miljöekonomi,Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Unit
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Chung, Susie (author)
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- Sterner, Thomas, 1952 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik, Enheten för miljöekonomi,Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Unit
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- Göteborg : University of Gothenburg, 2010
- English.
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Series: Working Papers in Economics (online), 1403-2465 ; 447
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- Unique survey data from a contingent valuation study conducted in three different countries (China, Sweden, and the United States) were used to investigate the ordinary citizen’s willingness to pay (WTP) for reducing CO2 emissions. We find that a large majority of the respondents in all three countries believe that the mean global temperature has increased over the last 100 years and that humans are responsible for the increase. A smaller share of Americans, however, believes these statements, when compared to the Chinese and Swedes. A larger share of Americans is also pessimistic and believes that nothing can be done to stop climate change. We also find that Sweden has the highest WTP for reductions of CO2, while China has the lowest. Thus, even though the Swedes and Chinese are similar to each other in their attitudes toward climate change, they differ considerably in their WTP. When WTP is measured as a share of household income, the willingness to pay is the same for Americans and Chinese, while again higher for the Swedes.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Climate change
- willingness to pay
- multi-country
- China
- United States
- Sweden
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Carlsson, Fredri ...
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Kataria, Mitesh
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Krupnick, Alan
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Lampi, Elina, 19 ...
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Löfgren, Åsa, 19 ...
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Qin, Ping, 1976
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Chung, Susie
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Sterner, Thomas, ...
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