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| DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112336 |
| Fuel subsidy reform and the social contract in Nigeria: A micro-economic analysis | |
| McCulloch N.; Moerenhout T.; Yang J. | |
| 发表日期 | 2021 |
| ISSN | 03014215 |
| 卷号 | 156 |
| 英文摘要 | Fuel subsidies in Nigeria are enormous – around USD 3.9 billion – almost double the health budget. Such subsidies come at great cost: the opportunity costs of such spending on other development objectives are large; the distribution of resources to the state governments is reduced; the vast majority of the subsidy goes to better off Nigerians; and cheaper petrol encourages greater pollution, congestion and climate change. Despite this, most Nigerians oppose the reduction of subsidies. We draw on a new nationally representative household survey that asked Nigerian men and women about their knowledge and attitudes towards subsidies. We construct and test a set of hypotheses about the factors associated with support for subsidy reform. We find that those who pay more or who experience less availability of fuel tend to support reform more. On the other hand, people who believe the Government is corrupt or lacks the capacity to implement compensation programs appear strongly opposed to reform. Finally, being religious and the delivery of reasonable national and local services also improves the acceptance of reform. These results support the idea that building a social contract is key to reform success. © 2021 The Author(s) |
| 关键词 | CorruptionFuel subsidy reformNigeriaPerceptionsPolitical economySocial contract |
| 英文关键词 | Budget control; Climate change; Economic analysis; Fuel economy; Sensory perception; Surveys; % reductions; Economics analysis; Fuel subsidy reform; Government IS; Nigeria; Nigerians; Opportunity costs; Political economy; Social contract; State governments; Fuels; corruption; energy market; energy policy; institutional reform; microeconomics; perception; political economy; public spending; subsidy system; Nigeria |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Energy Policy
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205254 |
| 作者单位 | The Policy Practice and an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, 67 Bicester Road, Kidlington, Brighton, UK, Oxfordshire OX5 2LD, United Kingdom; Columbia University and Senior Associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Address: 420 W 118th Street # 1410, New York, NY 10027, United States; Sungkyunkwan University, 25-2 Sungkyunkwan-ro, Myeongnyun 3(sam)ga-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03063, South Korea |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | McCulloch N.,Moerenhout T.,Yang J.. Fuel subsidy reform and the social contract in Nigeria: A micro-economic analysis[J],2021,156. |
| APA | McCulloch N.,Moerenhout T.,&Yang J..(2021).Fuel subsidy reform and the social contract in Nigeria: A micro-economic analysis.Energy Policy,156. |
| MLA | McCulloch N.,et al."Fuel subsidy reform and the social contract in Nigeria: A micro-economic analysis".Energy Policy 156(2021). |
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