Nobuyuki Ito (Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan) Kenji Takeuchi () (Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University) Takahiro Tsuge (Faculty of Economics, Konan University, Japan) Atsuo Kishimoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
Additional information is available for the following
registered author(s):
This study applies a threshold model proposed by Granovetter (1978) to analyze the dynamic diffusion process of donating behavior for renewable energy. Using data on people's willingness to donate for renewable energy under various predicted participation rates, we simulate how herd behavior spreads and the participation rate reaches the equilibrium. The participation rate at the equilibrium is estimated as 66.46% when the suggested donation is 500 yen, while it is 25.88% when the suggested amount is 1,000 yen. The influence of environmentalism and altruism is also examined, and we find that these motivations increase the participation rate 43.38% on average.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Publisher Info
Paper provided by Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University in its series Discussion Papers with number
0909.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Kimiaki Shirahama) The email address of this maintainer does not seem to be valid anymore. Please ask Kimiaki Shirahama to update the entry or send us the correct address..