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The Private Provision of Public Goods: Tests of a Provision Point Mechanism for Funding Green Power Programs

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Author
Rose, Steven K.
Clark, Jeremy
Poe, Gregory L.
Rondeau, Daniel
Schulze, William D.
Abstract

This paper utilizes laboratory and field experiments to test the use of a provision point mechanism to finance renewable energy programs, commonly known as green pricing programs. The mechanism solicits discrete contributions towards a provision threshold using a money-back guarantee for insufficient contributions and extended benefits for contributions in excess of the threshold. In the laboratory, a single shot environment with a large group of potential participants produces contribution levels that are found to be partially demand revealing as well as motivated by altruism or wann-glow. Also, in contrast to most green pricing programs, relatively high participation is found in the field. Field participation is shown to be responsive to program goals and the provision point mechanism.

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WP 1999-26 October 1999
JEL Classification Codes: H41; C92; C93
Date Issued
1999-10-01
Publisher
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
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