consumption to changes in energy prices and the implications of our findings for the debate on energy subsidy reform. Our findings … significant long-term benefits from the reform of energy subsidies. Our findings also indicate that short-term gains from subsidy … reform are likely to be much smaller, which suggests the need for either a gradual approach to subsidy reform or for more …

implicit in a subsidy encouraging an energy-efficiency investment. In the experiment, participants decide on purchasing a low …-flow showerhead and are either confronted with the introduction of a subsidy or a same-sized price decrease. We find a demand increase … subsidy is introduced. An analysis of the underlying channels rules out changes in beliefs and norm perceptions. Positive …

Rising fuel subsidies have contributed to fiscal pressures in India. A key policy concern regarding subsidy reform is … implications of fuel subsidy reform in India. Fuel subsidies are found to be badly targeted, with the richest ten percent of … households receiving seven times more in benefits than the poorest ten percent. Although subsidy reform would generate …

The developing countries, like India, face the twin challenges of sustainable growth and high import dependency due to … energy intensity of India's exports by using a constant price hybrid Input-Output model. The analysis clearly highlights the … efficiency. The findings reject the proposition that India's export basket is dominated with energy intensive sectors …