 Do financial incentives increase the acceptance of power lines? Evidence from GermanyMichael Simora, Manuel Frondel and Colin Vance Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, vol. 85, issue C Abstract: Although public support for renewable energy promotion in Germany is strong, the required power line construction has incited a groundswell of opposition from residents concerned about the impacts on their neighborhoods. This paper evaluates a large randomized one-shot binary-choice experiment to examine the effect of financial incentives on the acceptance of new power line construction. Our results indicate that hypothetical compensations to host communities have no bearing on the acceptance level, whereas personal incentives may have a negative effect. Two possible channels through which financial compensation reduces the willingness-to-accept are (1) crowding out of intrinsic motivation to support the construction project and (2) a signaling effect that alerts residents to potential negative impacts of power lines. Both channels call into question the efficacy of financial incentives to decrease local opposition. Keywords: Not-in-my-backyard; Willingness to accept; Motivation crowding out; Randomized discrete choice experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:regeco:v:85:y:2020:i:c:s016604622030260x DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103575 Access Statistics for this article Regional Science and Urban Economics is currently edited by D.P McMillen and Y. Zenou More articles in Regional Science and Urban Economics from Elsevier |
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