Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina

Autores
Bertín, Octavio; García, Thomas Agustín; Pizzi, Francisco Manuel; Porto, Alberto; Puig, Julián Mariano; Puig, Jorge Pablo
Año de publicación
2024
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inglés
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We review the distributional incidence of residential energy subsidies using the attractive case of Argentina, a developing country that has massively subsidized electricity in recent decades. Using multiple data sources, we explore two central dimensions, usually omitted in previous research. On the one hand, we focus on geography given that previous studies mostly focus on the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (i.e., AMBA), the most populated region in the country. However, Argentina’s territorial heterogeneity demands further analysis, given that the stage of electricity distribution introduces heterogeneities between jurisdictions. On the other hand, we focus on the subsidies’ financing given that previous studies do not focus on the net incidence. Our results indicate that: regional disparities in the costs of electricity distribution and the prices set by the distribution companies are key drivers of the distributional incidence. Also omitting subsidies’ financing may lead to overestimating the belief about their redistributive effect.
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Ciencias Económicas
distributive incidence
subsidies
electricity
Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
title Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
spellingShingle Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
Bertín, Octavio
Ciencias Económicas
distributive incidence
subsidies
electricity
Argentina
title_short Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
title_full Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
title_fullStr Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
title_sort Revisiting distributional effects of energy subsidies in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bertín, Octavio
García, Thomas Agustín
Pizzi, Francisco Manuel
Porto, Alberto
Puig, Julián Mariano
Puig, Jorge Pablo
author Bertín, Octavio
author_facet Bertín, Octavio
García, Thomas Agustín
Pizzi, Francisco Manuel
Porto, Alberto
Puig, Julián Mariano
Puig, Jorge Pablo
author_role author
author2 García, Thomas Agustín
Pizzi, Francisco Manuel
Porto, Alberto
Puig, Julián Mariano
Puig, Jorge Pablo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
distributive incidence
subsidies
electricity
Argentina
topic Ciencias Económicas
distributive incidence
subsidies
electricity
Argentina
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We review the distributional incidence of residential energy subsidies using the attractive case of Argentina, a developing country that has massively subsidized electricity in recent decades. Using multiple data sources, we explore two central dimensions, usually omitted in previous research. On the one hand, we focus on geography given that previous studies mostly focus on the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (i.e., AMBA), the most populated region in the country. However, Argentina’s territorial heterogeneity demands further analysis, given that the stage of electricity distribution introduces heterogeneities between jurisdictions. On the other hand, we focus on the subsidies’ financing given that previous studies do not focus on the net incidence. Our results indicate that: regional disparities in the costs of electricity distribution and the prices set by the distribution companies are key drivers of the distributional incidence. Also omitting subsidies’ financing may lead to overestimating the belief about their redistributive effect.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
description We review the distributional incidence of residential energy subsidies using the attractive case of Argentina, a developing country that has massively subsidized electricity in recent decades. Using multiple data sources, we explore two central dimensions, usually omitted in previous research. On the one hand, we focus on geography given that previous studies mostly focus on the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (i.e., AMBA), the most populated region in the country. However, Argentina’s territorial heterogeneity demands further analysis, given that the stage of electricity distribution introduces heterogeneities between jurisdictions. On the other hand, we focus on the subsidies’ financing given that previous studies do not focus on the net incidence. Our results indicate that: regional disparities in the costs of electricity distribution and the prices set by the distribution companies are key drivers of the distributional incidence. Also omitting subsidies’ financing may lead to overestimating the belief about their redistributive effect.
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