Effect of policy consequentiality on willingness to pay for renewable energy in transport in Quebec

Effect of policy consequentiality on willingness to pay for renewable energy in transport in Quebec | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Case Report Effect of policy consequentiality on willingness to pay for renewable energy in transport in Quebec KPANOGA KOLOMBIA This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5005740/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study examines the effect of policy consequentiality perception on willingness to pay (WTP) for the expansion of renewable energy in Quebec. To do this, werandomly assigned two versions of questionnaires to two groups of respondents.The first group was exposed to the policy consequentiality of the Quebec government, while the second group was exposed to the policy consequentiality of oilcompanies and service stations. Our results show that individuals who perceivethe policies as consequential express a higher willingness to pay than those whodo not perceive them as consequential. Moreover, respondents who perceive theQuebec government’s policies as consequential express a higher willingness to paythan those who perceive the policies of oil companies as consequential. This mayimply that individuals have more confidence in the Quebec government to implement the expansion of renewable energy. Another important finding is the ”knife-edge” effect we observed. This effect suggests that the WTP of respondents whoperceive policy consequentiality is significantly higher than that of respondentswho do not. policy consequentiality choice experiment stated preferences renewable energy Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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