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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112825
	Distributional impact of phasing out residential electricity subsidies on household welfare
	Ilyas R.; Hussain K.; Ullah M.Z.; Xue J.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	163
英文摘要	One of the pertinent concerns that Pakistan is facing nowadays is the ever-increasing demand for energy. The government of Pakistan has been reducing subsidies on commercial fuels due to mounting fiscal burden and fluctuating oil prices. This study analyzes the distributional impact of phasing out residential electricity subsidies on household welfare. The direct, as well as indirect effects of phasing out electricity subsidies, have been estimated. The results suggest that a rise in the prices of electricity causes a significant decrease in the real expenditure of households in all expenditure quintiles. However, the decline is greater for the relatively affluent households than the relatively poor households implying that the benefit of introducing electricity subsidies would be regressive. The results also show that the indirect effect of subsidy removal is far greater as compared to the direct effect. Electricity prices rise due to subsidy removal would increase the price of other goods, which will ultimately result in cost-driven inflation with some lags. Hence, the government must focus on the indirect subsidy reform effects accompanied by a more cost-effective policy to protect the poor. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Direct and Indirect welfare Effects; Electricity consumption; Electricity subsidies; Household welfare; Pakistan; Price-shifting model
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Cost effectiveness; Electric power utilization; Housing; Direct and indirect welfare effect; Electricity subsidy; Electricity-consumption; Energy; Household welfare; Indirect effects; Pakistan; Price-shifting model; Residential electricity; Welfare effects; Costs; distribution system; electricity supply; household energy; price determination; residential energy; subsidy system; welfare impact; Pakistan
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256330
作者单位	Department of Economics, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan; Department of Economics, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), AJ&K, Mirpur, 10250, Pakistan; Department of Agricultural Economics, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling712100, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ilyas R.,Hussain K.,Ullah M.Z.,et al. Distributional impact of phasing out residential electricity subsidies on household welfare[J],2022,163.
APA	Ilyas R.,Hussain K.,Ullah M.Z.,&Xue J..(2022).Distributional impact of phasing out residential electricity subsidies on household welfare.Energy Policy,163.
MLA	Ilyas R.,et al."Distributional impact of phasing out residential electricity subsidies on household welfare".Energy Policy 163(2022).