Local acceptance and heterogeneous externalities of biorefineries
學年 106
學期 1
出版（發表）日期 2017-09-01
作品名稱 Local acceptance and heterogeneous externalities of biorefineries
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著者 Gi-Eu Lee; Scott Loveridge; Satish Joshi
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著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 Energy Economics 67, p.328-336
摘要 Biofuels can potentially reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from energy use and help address the climate change problem. However, the siting and operation of a biofuel production facility can impact the members of the host community both positively (e.g. local jobs and income) and negatively (e.g. pollution and noise). Such ambivalent and heterogeneous external impacts result in either local support or opposition to the facility, which in turn becomes a key factor affecting biorefinery location decisions, and subsequent success of biorefineries. While a number of prior studies have analyzed economic and environmental impacts of biofuels, systematic analysis of local acceptability of biofuel production facilities is lacking. Our study explores factors that influence community attitudes towards biofuel facilities. We assess the strength of acceptability or opposition by estimating the local community's willingness to pay (WTP) either to support or to oppose a proposed biorefinery. We posit that such WTP estimates provide a more comprehensive measure of local acceptability. Results also suggest that county level socio-economic characteristics significantly influence these attitudes and WTP.
關鍵字 Local acceptance;Biorefinery;Willingness to pay;Climate change
語言 en
ISSN 0140-9883; 1873-6181
期刊性質 國外
收錄於 SSCI EconLit Scopus ABS*
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通訊作者 Gi-Eu Lee
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國別 USA
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