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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.041 |
The welfare effects of unprecedented electricity price hikes in Zambia | |
Maboshe, Mashekwa1,5; Kabechani, Akabondo2; Chelwa, Grieve3,4 | |
2019-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 126页码:108-117 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa; Zambia; USA |
英文摘要 | This paper simulates the real household expenditure effects of large electricity price increases in Zambia. First, we find that electricity subsidies are highly regressive. The richest household quintile receives over 60% of the subsidies, while the poorest quintile receives less than 1%. Second, our partial equilibrium simulations of the welfare effects of a 75% electricity price increase show that the poorest households would experience a 3 times larger percentage loss in real expenditure compared to the wealthiest households. Naturally, these adverse effects lead to an increase in poverty. However, we find that transferring the fiscal savings realised from the complete elimination of electricity subsidies to the poor reduces extreme poverty significantly. This budget neutral strategy is particularly attractive for Zambia, and other sub-Saharan economies currently battling the twin challenges of widening budget deficits and high extreme poverty. |
英文关键词 | Electricity prices Subsidies Distribution Poverty Social transfers Zambia |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000457952000011 |
WOS关键词 | FOSSIL-FUEL SUBSIDIES ; MACRO-MICRO ANALYSIS ; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY ; ENERGY SUBSIDIES ; DEMAND ; POVERTY ; REMOVAL ; IMPACTS ; REFORM |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/18189 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Cape Town, Sch Econ, SALDRU, Rondebosch, South Africa; 2.Univ Zambia, Dept Econ, Lusaka, Zambia; 3.Univ Cape Town, Grad Sch Business, Rondebosch, South Africa; 4.SAIPAR, Lusaka, Zambia; 5.Tulane Univ, CEQ Inst, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Maboshe, Mashekwa,Kabechani, Akabondo,Chelwa, Grieve. The welfare effects of unprecedented electricity price hikes in Zambia[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,126:108-117. |
APA | Maboshe, Mashekwa,Kabechani, Akabondo,&Chelwa, Grieve.(2019).The welfare effects of unprecedented electricity price hikes in Zambia.ENERGY POLICY,126,108-117. |
MLA | Maboshe, Mashekwa,et al."The welfare effects of unprecedented electricity price hikes in Zambia".ENERGY POLICY 126(2019):108-117. |
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