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controlling for a possible source of a consensus effect. All models are estimated using data from an experiment of proposal and …
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We measure willingness to pay for privacy in a field experiment. Participants were given the choice to buy a maximum of …
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The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated … the growing literature on models used to study demand, consumer baseline (CBL) and demand response in the electricity … case for possible application to the electricity market and discusses the implications of the results. In the literature …
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' access to electricity in Lebanon. Using quantitative and qualitative methods we find that political connections significantly … entrepreneurs engage in bribery, and who obtain government contracts alleviate electricity problems and perform better. …
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recent increase in natural gas supply led to displacement of coal-fired electricity by cleaner natural gas-fired generation …
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between energy consumption and health indicators in Nigeria. In particular, our findings suggest that electricity consumption …
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This paper estimates the effect of coal-fired power plants on infant mortality in India. We find that a one GW increase in coal-fired capacity corresponds to a 14% increase in infant mortality rates in districts near versus far from the plant site. This effect is 2-3 times larger than estimates...
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power was replaced by fossil fuels, causing an exogenous increase in electricity prices. This increase led to a reduction in … mortality from higher electricity prices outnumbers the mortality from the accident itself, suggesting the decision to cease …
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' access to electricity in Lebanon. Using quantitative and qualitative methods we find that political connections significantly … entrepreneurs engage in bribery, and who obtain government contracts alleviate electricity problems and perform better. …
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We assess the willingness to pay (WTP) for eyeglasses in an adult population in rural Burkina Faso using a variant of the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) method. We combine the BDM approach with video and deferred payment options to analyze the role of information and liquidity constraints....
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