【ECON2012013】

中國人民大學經濟學院能源經濟系
能源經濟學研討會

時間：5月16日，周三， 12:00-2:00　　　

地點：明德主樓419

題目：

Public Goods Provision in the Presence of Heterogeneous Green Preferences

文章摘要：

There is a growing body of work that models non-pecuniary elements of agents` utility. While some of these models include heterogeneity in strength of non-pecuniary incentives very rarely do they permit heterogeneity across preference structures. This paper develops a model that incorporates heterogeneity across preference structures where some agents exhibit pro-social behavior "green" preferences in our examples and some do not. We compare the relative performance of various policies to increase public goods provision in the presence of this heterogeneity. We find that technology standards are almost always preferable to price instruments, working counter to the usual efficiency advantage of price-based policy. In the context of energy conservation policy we argue that heterogeneity in green preferences may importantly reduce the efficiency costs of existing consumer-facing technology mandates.

作者簡介：

Mark Jacobsen, assistant professor of economics at University of California, San Diego . His research areas include fuel economy, environment policy, industrial organization and public finance. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.

能源經濟研討會（Energy Economics Seminar）由中國人民大學經濟學院能源經濟系定期推出，旨在為研究中國能源經濟問題的學者提供一個交流的平臺，以促進我國能源經濟的教學研究水平的提高。

聯系人：宋楓(songfengmsu@gmail.com; songfeng@ruc.edu.cn)

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