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Der Wert von Versorgungssicherheit mit Strom: Evidenz für deutsche Haushalte

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  • Frondel Manuel

    (RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Hohenzollernstraße 1–3, 45128 EssenGermany, Tel.: (0201) 8149–204)

  • Sommer Stephan

    (RWI – Leibniz-Institut für WirtschaftsforschungEssenGermany)

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Dieser Artikel untersucht auf Basis einer Befragung von mehr als 5.000 Haushaltsvorständen, wie viel sie für Versorgungssicherheit mit Strom zu zahlen bereit sind. Alternativ zur Zahlungsbereitschaft (willingness to pay, WTP) wird auch nach der Bereitschaft gefragt, gegen eine Entschädigungszahlung auf ein gewisses Maß an Versorgungssicherheit zu verzichten (willingness to accept, WTA). In Übereinstimmung mit zahlreichen empirischen Studien finden wir mittlere WTA-Werte, die deutlich über den mittleren WTP-Werten für die Vermeidung eines unangekündigten, vierstündigen Stromausfalls liegen. Den Grund für diese Diskrepanz sehen wir darin, dass die bekundeten Entschädigungsforderungen für den Verzicht auf Versorgungssicherheit tendenziell über dem tatsächlichen Wert liegen, der der Versorgungssicherheit mit Strom beigemessen wird, wohingegen die dafür bekundete Zahlungsbereitschaft tendenziell untertrieben wird.

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  • Frondel Manuel & Sommer Stephan, 2017. "Der Wert von Versorgungssicherheit mit Strom: Evidenz für deutsche Haushalte," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 66(3), pages 294-317, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:66:y:2017:i:3:p:294-317:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2017-0015
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    Keywords

    D12; H41; Q41; willingness to pay; willingness to accept; stated preferences;
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    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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