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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112341
	Do energy subsidies reduce fiscal and household non-energy expenditures? A regional heterogeneity assessment on coal-to-gas program in China
	Wang Q.; Zhou B.; Zhang C.; Zhou D.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	155
英文摘要	In China, central, provincial, and prefecture-level governments have issued coal-to-gas subsidies to households since 2017, with the goal of encouraging the transition of residential heating energy from coal to natural gas. This study responds to the resulting public concerns that coal-to-gas subsidies reduce fiscal and household non-energy expenditures. To be specific, we measured the reductions in fiscal non-energy expenditures created by superior governmental subsidies (SGS) and local governmental subsidies (LGS). For households, we examined whether device subsidies (DS) and consumption subsidies (CS) encourage natural gas consumption, and thereby reduce household non-energy expenditures. A regional heterogeneity analysis was conducted to assess these subsidies. We found that reductions in fiscal and household non-energy expenditures mainly occur in cities with a higher proportion of natural gas in household energy consumption, and are induced by LGS and DS, respectively. SGS and CS are essential to remedy the fiscal and household reductions, respectively. Subsidies perform best in highly air-polluted cities, where CS encourage natural gas consumption without reducing household non-energy expenditures. This study recommends rearranging the coverage of coal-to-gas subsidies, transitioning to regionally differentiated subsidies and management according to city conditions. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Coal-to-gas subsidies Difference-in-differences model Fiscal expenditure Household expenditure Natural gas consumption Regional heterogeneity
英文关键词	Energy utilization; Gases; Heating; Natural gas; % reductions; Coal-to-gas subsidy; Difference-in-differences models; Energy expenditure; Energy subsidies; Fiscal expenditures; Household expenditure; Natural gas consumption; Non-energy; Regional heterogeneity; Coal; assessment method; demand-side management; energy policy; energy use; governance approach; household expenditure; natural gas; subsidy system; China
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205394
作者单位	College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China; School of Finance, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, 210023, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang Q.,Zhou B.,Zhang C.,et al. Do energy subsidies reduce fiscal and household non-energy expenditures? A regional heterogeneity assessment on coal-to-gas program in China[J],2021,155.
APA	Wang Q.,Zhou B.,Zhang C.,&Zhou D..(2021).Do energy subsidies reduce fiscal and household non-energy expenditures? A regional heterogeneity assessment on coal-to-gas program in China.Energy Policy,155.
MLA	Wang Q.,et al."Do energy subsidies reduce fiscal and household non-energy expenditures? A regional heterogeneity assessment on coal-to-gas program in China".Energy Policy 155(2021).