Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Averting expenditures and willingness to pay for electricity supply reliability
Authors: Niroomand, Naghmeh
Jenkins, Glenn P.
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1017/bca.2020.25
Published in: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Volume(Issue): 11
Issue: 3
Page(s): 501
Pages to: 523
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 2194-5888
2152-2812
Language: English
Subjects: Electricity; Reliability; Averting expenditure; Revealed preference; Willingness to pay
Subject (DDC): 333.79: Energy
Abstract: Nepal has suffered from the worst electricity shortages in South Asia. This study is an attempt to measure the willingness to pay for an improved service using a model of revealed preference. Respondents are asked about the actions they are taking to reduce the impact on their household or business of scheduled and unscheduled outages and more stable voltage. We estimate the averting expenditures that were being incurred to compensate for the lack of reliability of the electricity service. The estimated cost of the averting actions as a percentage of the electricity bills is 53 % for households, 47 % for small businesses, 46 % for medium businesses, and 35 % for large businesses. Based on the estimations, we find that in 2017 the annual benefit from improving the reliability of the electricity service would be approximately US$ 188 million with a present value over 20 years of US$ 1.6 billion.
Further description: Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch)
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25616
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit: Center for Labor, Digital and Regional Economics (CLDR)
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Niroomand, N., & Jenkins, G. P. (2020). Averting expenditures and willingness to pay for electricity supply reliability. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 11(3), 501–523. https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2020.25
Niroomand, N. and Jenkins, G.P. (2020) ‘Averting expenditures and willingness to pay for electricity supply reliability’, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 11(3), pp. 501–523. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2020.25.
N. Niroomand and G. P. Jenkins, “Averting expenditures and willingness to pay for electricity supply reliability,” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 501–523, 2020, doi: 10.1017/bca.2020.25.
NIROOMAND, Naghmeh und Glenn P. JENKINS, 2020. Averting expenditures and willingness to pay for electricity supply reliability. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis. 2020. Bd. 11, Nr. 3, S. 501–523. DOI 10.1017/bca.2020.25
Niroomand, Naghmeh, and Glenn P. Jenkins. 2020. “Averting Expenditures and Willingness to Pay for Electricity Supply Reliability.” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 11 (3): 501–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2020.25.
Niroomand, Naghmeh, and Glenn P. Jenkins. “Averting Expenditures and Willingness to Pay for Electricity Supply Reliability.” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, vol. 11, no. 3, 2020, pp. 501–23, https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2020.25.


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