Recent issues of this journal have presented an interesting debate regarding forest fires in Galicia, Spain. This article proposes a forest-energy programme that will contribute to reducing the risk of forest fires in this Atlantic Region of Southern Europe. We apply the contingent valuation method to assess a programme whereby 10% of the electricity produced from coal, fuel oil and gas would be replaced by electricity generated in biomass power plants. The programme would begin implementation in 2005 and it would take 6 years (up to 2010) before we reach the 10% goal. The results show that Galician households are willing to pay a mean of 38 Euros per year. In addition, we have introduced an innovative procedure to detect protest responses related to the payment vehicle in a contingent valuation. Heckman’s sample-selection procedure is used to analyse the WTP function.
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August 01 2010
Designing a forest-energy policy to reduce forest fires in Galicia (Spain): A contingent valuation application Available to Purchase
Mario Soliño;
Forest Research Centre (CIFOR),
National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA)
, Ctra. de La Coruna km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Corresponding author. Tel.:+34913478796; fax:+34913572293. E-mail addresses: solino.mario@inia.es (M. Soliño)
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Albino Prada;
Albino Prada
Department of Applied Economics,
University of Vigo
, Lagoas Marcosende s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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María X. Vázquez
María X. Vázquez
Department of Applied Economics,
University of Vigo
, Lagoas Marcosende s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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Corresponding author. Tel.:+34913478796; fax:+34913572293. E-mail addresses: solino.mario@inia.es (M. Soliño)
Received:
March 11 2008
Accepted:
November 26 2009
Online ISSN: 1618-1530
Print ISSN: 1104-6899
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Journal of Forest Economics (2010) 16 (3): 217–233.
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Received:
March 11 2008
Accepted:
November 26 2009
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Soliño M, Prada A, Vázquez MX (2010), "Designing a forest-energy policy to reduce forest fires in Galicia (Spain): A contingent valuation application". Journal of Forest Economics, Vol. 16 No. 3 pp. 217–233, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2009.11.006
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