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The price of climate : revealed preferences of French consumers

2009

International audience; By the hedonic price method we study consumers' preferences for climate (temperature, very hot or cold days, and rainfall) in France, a temperate country with varied climates. Data are, on the one hand, individual attributes and prices of houses and workers and, on the other hand, climate attributes interpolated from weather stations. We show that the French households put a positive value on warmer temperatures while very hot days are a nuisance. Such climatic amenities are attributes of consumers' utility function; nevertheless, global warming assessments by economists, such as Stern Review report (2006) ignore these climatic preferences. The social welfare assessm…