This paper utilizes laboratory and field experiments to test the use of a provision point mechanism to finance renewable energy programs, commonly known as green pricing programs. The mechanism solicits discrete contributions towards a provision threshold using a money-back guarantee for...

Acknowledgement to colleagues: a senior wilderness guide in a major African park; Will Reidhead, World Wide Fund for Nature; and Christopher Barrett at Cornell University, for their thoughtful comments, suggestions, and criticisms. Presented at the Seattle meeting of the Western Economics...