The economics and political economy of energy subsidies
Government subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and consumers may be subsidized; the most common subsidies are for motor fuel consumption and electricity production and consumption. The subsidies to consumers often prove...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, Mass., London
MIT Press
2015
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| Schriftenreihe: | CESifo seminar series
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| Schlagworte: |
Energiepreis
> Subvention
> Energiepolitik
> Wirkungsanalyse
> Neue politische Ökonomie
> Korruption
> Rent-Seeking
> Entwicklungsländer
> Welt
> Energy policy
> Economic aspects
> Energy tax credits
> Poor
> Energy assistance
> Energy consumption
> Energy development
> Energy industries
> Finance
> Energiewirtschaft
> Energieverbrauch
> Energiesteuer
> Erneuerbare Energien
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Government subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and consumers may be subsidized; the most common subsidies are for motor fuel consumption and electricity production and consumption. The subsidies to consumers often prove particularly harmful because they result in increased energy consumption, increased carbon emissions, and distortionary effects on consumer behavior. This book fills a void in the literature by providing a first, broad and diverse, analysis of several aspects of the economic and political economy aspects of government energy subsidies. The contributors take both theoretical and empirical approaches, with most of the focus on subsidies to fuel and electricity in non-OECD countries. - The chapters cover such topics as energy pricing, reelection incentives for politicians that may encourage excessive subsidies; political corruption and “bribing equilibria,” the the “resource curse” in developing countries when the gains from natural resource windfalls are largely wasted, the “entitlement” of energy subsidies in autocracies, and distributional issues when subsidies targeted to the poor are removed in high-income countries. One chapter discusses nonharmful subsidies: the potential economic effects of subsidizing the manufacturing and deployment of renewable energy. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Enthält 10 Beiträge |
| Beschreibung: | VI, 281 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780262034647 978-0-262-03464-7 |