Die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz der Energiewende: Befunde eines interdisziplinären Forschungsprojektes
Translated title
Societal Acceptance of Germany’s Energiewende: Results of an Interdisciplinary Research Project
Publication date
2018
Document type
Research article
Author
Beyer, Gregor
Borchers, Dagmar
Frondel, Manuel
Hrach, Marcus
Kutzschbauch, Ole
Sommer, Stephan
Organisational unit
Publisher
Springer Gabler
Series or journal
List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
ISSN
Periodical volume
43
Periodical issue
4
First page
421
Last page
443
Part of the university bibliography
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Language
German
Keyword
Cost Distribution
Decision Experiment
Household Survey
Abstract
Societal acceptance for the political goals of Germany’s Energiewende is heavily impacted by its distributional consequences as well as private households‘ individual conceptions of justice. The empirical investigation of this relationship is the main contribution of this article, which summarizes the results of the research project AKZEPTANZ financed by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). From our empirical evidence we can draw three main conclusions regarding private households‘ preferences for distributing the cost of the Energiewende. First, there is a strong preference for the ability-to-pay principle in order to finance green electricity. Second, cost uncertainty makes the ability-to-pay principle less attractive. Third, subsidizing investments into energy efficiency may lead to counterproductive reactions. © 2017, List-Gesellschaft e.V.
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