Mahdi Khodaparast Mashhadi; Abdolhamid Rezaei-Roknabadi; Jalal Bakhtazma; Haniehi Fanood
Abstract
Pricing and rationing policies for controlling energy consumption are important
factors in resisting economies. For this end we have compared Willingness to Pay
and rationing policies enacted for different gasoline and dual consumption
automobiles, to see statistically,(1)Whether there is any difference ...
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Pricing and rationing policies for controlling energy consumption are important
factors in resisting economies. For this end we have compared Willingness to Pay
and rationing policies enacted for different gasoline and dual consumption
automobiles, to see statistically,(1)Whether there is any difference between their
energy usage and WTP? (2)Whether there is any difference between energy volume
rationed between different kinds of automobiles, and their WTP? Discovering endusers’
willingness to pay a questionnaire is designed, and based on sampling 200
questionares are distributed among gasoline and dual consumption consumers of different automobiles in Mashhad city randomly. In this study, Contingent Valuation
Method (CVM) is used to investigate willingness to pay for gasoline consumption
that is based on energy policies experienced in Mashhad in 2008. Descriptive
Method is used to describe the energy space situation in the public; and nonparametric
statistical tests have been used to provide some explanations for research
questions. Results indicate that, (1)there is statistically significance between energy
consumption (gasoline and gaz), and WTP; so different pricing policies is
desireable; (2) there is not any statistially significance between WTP rationing
volumes provided for different automobiles; and WTP; so pricing policies should be
the same for all kinds of automobiles
