Analysis of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in America-Example of an energy assistance program for low-income families
Abstract
TheWeinefficientfossilfuelsubsidiesself-reportlistedexistingfossilfuelsubsidiesincluding subsidiesfor
theexploration,Development,Extractionoffossilfuels,subsidiesforfossilFuelsemployedintheresidentialSector(represented
bytheLow-incomeHome Energyassistanceprogram).Thispaperchooseslow-incomeHome
energyAssistanceprogram(liheap)asacasestudy.Theresultsshowso: ① discriminatorypricesTofossil
fuelsinliheapledtoexcessiveFossilfuelconsumption.Comparedwith 2013, thenumber
ofheatingSubsidiesbyrecipienthouseholdsreducedby2.89%0in 2014, whileTotalExpenditureroseby19.23%0; ②
DuringFY1993toFY1995,FY1999toFY2001,FY$ toFY2007,
andFY2008toFYno.,Weatherizationbenefitsandcrisisbenefitsshowed asynchronousgrowth; ③
liheaprecipienthouseholdstendedtoconsumeMorefossilFuelthanLow-incomeandOthertypesTohouseholds,particularlyin
theSouthArea.Finally,Thispaperanalyzes"ExternalinstitutionalsystemThenInternalEnergyStructureof,theUSinefficientfos
silFuelsubsidiesReform,thusprovidessomepolicyImplications
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/pef.v3i1.120
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