TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhang,Fan
AU  - Zhang,Fan
TI  - Distributional Impact Analysis of the Energy Price Reform in Turkey
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Climate Change Economics
KW  - Distributional impact
KW  - Economic Theory & Research
KW  - Energy
KW  - Energy price reform
KW  - Energy Production and Transportation
KW  - Environment and Energy Efficiency
KW  - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
KW  - Markets and Market Access
KW  - Turkey
N2  - A pricing reform in Turkey increased the residential electricity tariff by more than 50 percent in 2008. The reform, aimed at encouraging energy efficiency and private investment, sparked considerable policy debate about its potential impact on household welfare. This paper estimates a short-run residential electricity demand function for evaluating the distributional consequences of the tariff reform. The model allows heterogeneity in household price sensitivities and is estimated using a national sample of 18,671 Turkish households. The model also addresses the common problem of missing data in survey research. The study reveals a highly skewed distribution of price elasticities in the population, with rich households three times more responsive in adjusting consumption to price changes than the poor. This is most likely because the poor are close to their minimum electricity consumption levels and have fewer coping options. In addition, the welfare loss of the poorest quintile-measured by the consumer surplus change as a percentage of income-is 2.9 times of that of the wealthiest
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-5831
ER  -