| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w22292 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 22292 |
| Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification | |
| Kenneth Lee; Edward Miguel; Catherine Wolfram | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-05-30 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We present results from an experiment that randomized the expansion of electric grid infrastructure in rural Kenya. Electricity distribution is the canonical example of a natural monopoly. Randomized price offers show that demand for electricity connections falls sharply with price. Experimental variation in the number of connections combined with administrative cost data reveals considerable scale economies, as hypothesized. However, consumer surplus is far less than total costs at all price levels, suggesting that residential electrification may reduce social welfare. We discuss how leakage, reduced demand (due to red tape, low reliability, and credit constraints), and spillovers may impact this conclusion. |
| 主题 | Industrial Organization ; Market Structure and Firm Performance ; Industry Studies ; Development and Growth ; Development ; Environmental and Resource Economics ; Energy |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w22292 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/579965 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kenneth Lee,Edward Miguel,Catherine Wolfram. Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification. 2016. |
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| w22292.pdf（948KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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