Assessing the consumers’ willingness to adopt a prepayment metering system in Nigeria

Perceptions And Perceived Acceptance On Intention To Use Of Prepaid Meter

“…Both independent variables are part of the key challenges in implementation of innovation technology like prepaid meter (Kambule et al, 2018). Previous study has shown the influence of perception on acceptance or rejection of prepaid meter (Azila-Gbettor et al, 2015;Makonese et al, 2006;Malama et al, 2014;Mburu & Sathyamoorthi, 2014;Oseni, 2015;Vutete, 2015). Perceptions will influence their capacity to trust the system and lead to positive reactions in the future (Mburu & Sathyamoorthi, 2014;Esteves et al, 2016).…”

Data based investigation of the energy metering type, billing and usage of sampled residents of Ota Community in Nigeria

“…Most of the analog meters were installed decades ago and are no longer accurate while some have been tampered with to slow their reading or to stop it completely from metering the energy consumed. NERC has mandated all DISCOs to install prepaid meters for all their customers but this is yet to be fully complied with, as DISCOs complain of lack of funds to procure the needed prepaid meters [5] . The data captures the proportion of the sampled residents that are on prepaid meters, it also reflects the opinion of the customers of their current monthly energy charges, it reflects the average hours of power supply by the DISCO to the residents due to insufficient power generation and load shedding [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , and also, it presents the profile of the commonly used electrical equipment, used within the community.…”

基于双栏模型的三江平原湿地生态保护价值评估

“…的 WTP 金额， 忽略了中间的决策过程 [17] 。双栏模型 逐渐被生态价值评估领域的学者认可， 并应用于 CVM 研究中受访者 WTP 的计算 [18][19][20] 。此后的诸多 研究 [21][22][23][24] 均沿用了这一模型， 但多为针对开放式 CVM 调查数据， 当前研究普遍采用的二分式数据的 计算模型仍有待完善。 三江平原湿地是中国最大的湿地分布区域， 已 被列入亚洲和中国重点保护湿地名录。近年来三 江平原湿地生态问题日益严峻 [25] ， 严重影响着湿地 区域经济社会的可持续发展 [26] 。 本文在已有的研究基础上 [27][28][29] [30] ； 而 Mitchell 等认为除了收入限制和环保 意识淡薄等原因外， 对 CVM 调查不熟悉、 对政府或 排污企业不满等抗议因素也会导致零观察值的产 生 [31] 。不少国内的学者在 CVM 调查中都关注了零 观察值问题， 但针对性的研究和探讨较为匮乏 [32][33][34][35] 。 Cragg 认为零值的产生并非都源于经济因素， 也有可能是消费者选择不参与该市场， 而没有表达 出真实意愿。基于双栏模型对决策行为的解释， CVM 中 的 零 观 察 值 可 划 分 为 " 真 实 零 观 察 值 " (genuine zero)和 "抗议性零观察值" (protest zero)。 真实零观察值是偏好的真实反映， 是对环境物品的…”