Consumers’ Willingness to Pay a Premium for Eco-Labeled LED TVs in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study
Department of Energy Policy, Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, 232 Gongreung-Ro, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 01811, Korea
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Sustainability 2017, 9(5), 814; https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050814
Received: 31 January 2017 / Revised: 26 April 2017 / Accepted: 4 May 2017 / Published: 13 May 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Consumer Behavior)
Although the production costs and prices of eco-labeled products are higher than those of conventional ones, the use of greener products can lead to better environmental outcomes. Thus, the consumers’ preferences for eco-labeled products should be investigated to understand the potential of markets with green products. This study attempts to examine the consumers’ preference or willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for eco-labeled products using a specific case study of a 43-inch LED TV, which is a common home appliance in Korea. For this purpose, a contingent valuation survey of 1000 Korean consumers was conducted in June 2016. We used a one-and-one-half-bounded dichotomous choice question to derive the additional WTP responses and a spike model to analyze zero additional WTP responses. The mean additional WTP a premium for the eco-labeled 43-inch LED TV is estimated to be KRW 29,007 (USD 24.8), which is statistically meaningful at the 1% level. This value amounts to 3.9% of the price of a conventional 43-inch LED TV (KRW 750,000 or USD 640.5) and can be interpreted as the external benefit of an eco-labeled LED TV. We can conclude that Korean consumers are ready to pay a significant premium for eco-labeled LED TVs. Moreover, we examined the consumer’s characteristics that affect the probability that the person will be willing to pay a premium for an eco-labeled LED TV and found that it would be effective to set high-income, older, highly-educated, and female consumers with children as marketing targets.
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Keywords:
eco-labeled LED TV; consumer preference; willingness to pay; premium; contingent valuation
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Min, S.-H.; Lim, S.-Y.; Yoo, S.-H. Consumers’ Willingness to Pay a Premium for Eco-Labeled LED TVs in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study. Sustainability 2017, 9, 814. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050814
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Min S-H, Lim S-Y, Yoo S-H. Consumers’ Willingness to Pay a Premium for Eco-Labeled LED TVs in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study. Sustainability. 2017; 9(5):814. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050814
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin, Seo-Hyeon; Lim, Seul-Ye; Yoo, Seung-Hoon. 2017. "Consumers’ Willingness to Pay a Premium for Eco-Labeled LED TVs in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study" Sustainability 9, no. 5: 814. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050814
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