Energy Subsidy Reform - Lessons and Implications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9745363 |
|---|---|
| Authors | International Monetary Fund |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2663-3493 • E-ISSN: 2663-3507 |
| Publisher | International Monetary Fund (IMF) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5089/9781498342391.007 |
| OpenAlex | W4230169461 |
| ISBN | 9781498342391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 1 |
Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. While aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd-out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. Subsidies also distort resource allocation by encouraging excessive energy consumption, artificially promoting capital-intensive industries, reducing incentives for investment in renewable energy, and accelerating the depletion of natural resources. Most subsidy benefits are captured by higher-income households, reinforcing inequality. Even future generations are affected through the damaging effects of increased energy consumption on global warming. This paper provides: (i) the most comprehensive estimates of energy subsidies currently available for 176 countries; and (ii) an analysis of ?how to do energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies undertaken by IMF staff and analyses carried out by other institutions
Consumption · Energy subsidies · Investment · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
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Energy Resources and Use
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Energy poverty
The effects of fuel subsidies on regional income distribution through smuggling
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Overcoming environmental scarcity, inequality and structural imbalance in the world economy
Reconciling Carbon Pricing and Energy Policies in Developing Countries
What types of political regimes subsidize fuel consumption
Oil, Domestic Politics, and International Conflict
Stranded assets, externalities and carbon risk in the Australian coal industry
Low-carbon development and inclusive innovation systems
The politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform
What Drives Norm Success? Evidence from Anti–Fossil Fuel Campaigns
Why Are Some People Poor
Fuel-price reform to achieve climate and energy policy goals in Saudi Arabia
It’s not price; It’s quality. Satisfaction and price fairness perception
Subsidizing power
Financing social protection floors
Local Corruption and Popular Support for Fuel Subsidy Reform in Indonesia
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,69 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |