Fossil fuel subsidy reforms : a guide to economic and political complexity / Jun Rentschler

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Routledge studies in energy policy ; 10Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s): Additional physical formats: 0815386184 | 9780815386186 | 1351175807. | 9781351175807. | Erscheint auch als: No title Druck-Ausgabe | Print version: No title LOC classification:
  • HD9502.A2
Online resources: Summary: 2.4.1 Galvanising action: international communities and institutions2.4.2 Implementing subsidy reforms: country-level action; 2.5 Reforms: drivers and barriers; 2.5.1 The role of prices in driving reforms; 2.5.2 Public opposition and political economy; 2.6 Focus areas for the design of subsidy reforms; 2.7 Areas for future research; 2.8 Conclusion; 3 The impacts on households: the regional variation of poverty effects due to fossil fuel subsidy reform -- evidence from Nigeria; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fossil fuel subsidies in Nigeria; 3.3 Understanding energy demand; 3.4 Simulating reformSummary: 3.4.1 Methodology3.4.2 A hypothetical fuel subsidy reform: two scenarios; 3.4.3 Estimation results: the impacts of reform; 3.5 Designing fossil fuel subsidy reforms: conclusions; 4 Subsidy reforms and the impacts on firms: transmission channels and response measures; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Background; 4.3 Transmission channels and response measures; 4.3.1 Transmission channels of energy price increases; 4.3.2 Four response measures; 4.4 Conclusion and policy implications; 4.4.1 Need for further research; 4.4.2 Implications for the design of fuel subsidy reformsSummary: 5 Energy price variation and competitiveness: firm level evidence from Indonesia5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Literature and background; 5.3 Background: competitiveness and firms' response measures; 5.3.1 Using profits to estimate competitiveness; 5.3.2 Normalising for firm size; 5.3.3 Profit and cost shares of revenue; 5.3.4 Response measures determine impacts; 5.4 Data and descriptive observations; 5.4.1 Data preparation; 5.4.2 Sectors; 5.4.3 Energy prices: regional variation; 5.4.4 Competitiveness: regional variation; 5.4.5 Energy intensitySummary: 5.5 The effects of energy prices on competitiveness -- and firms' response measures5.5.1 Long-run competitiveness: energy prices and cost shares; 5.5.2 Inter-fuel substitution; 5.5.3 Energy efficiency; 5.5.4 Pass-on; 5.6 Robustness tests and limitations; 5.7 Conclusion and policy implications; 6 Illicit dealings: general equilibrium effects off ossil fuel subsidy reform, and the role of tax evasion and smuggling; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Relation to prior literature; 6.2.1 Fossil fuel subsidies; 6.2.2 Fossil fuel subsidy reform simulations; 6.2.3 The double dividendSummary: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: and a guide for navigating this book; 1.1 Policy relevance; 1.2 Content summary; 1.3 Focus areas and organisation of book; 1.4 Methods; 1.5 Contribution; 2 Reforming fossil fuel subsidies: drivers, barriers, and the state of progress; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Defining and estimating fossil fuel subsidies; 2.3 Fiscal, economic, environmental, and distributional costs of fossil fuel subsidies; 2.4 Reform progress: what's being done?PPN: PPN: 1026382378Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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