Impact of Removal of City Gas Subsidies on Chinese Urban Residents  

作　　者：廖华 朱治双 王璐 

机构地区：[1]School of Management and Economics,Beijing Institute of Technology [2]Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research,Beijing Institute of Technology

出　　处：《Transactions of Tianjin University》2012年第4期309-314,共6页天津大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA05150600);National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71041006 and No. 70903066)

摘　　要：The current cost-plus natural gas pricing mechanism makes the gas price too low,resulting in a lot of consumer-side subsidies and over-consumed natural gas.This paper applies the price-gap approach and input-output analysis technology to quantitatively analyze both the direct and indirect effects on urban residents under the condition that natural gas subsidies are cancelled in China in 2007.It is shown that the gas price will increase by 33.3%-41.6%,and the residential consumption expenditure by 0.26%-0.33%.The low-income groups are mostly affected,so different subsidies should be implemented to make subsidies more efficient.The current cost-plus natural gas pricing mechanism makes the gas price too low, resulting in a lot of con- sumer-side subsidies and over-consumed natural gas. This paper applies the price-gap approach and input-output analysis technology to quantitatively analyze both the direct and indirect effects on urban residents under the condition that natural gas subsidies are cancelled in China in 2007. It is shown that the gas price will increase by 33.3%--41.6%, and the residential consumption expenditure by 0.26%--0.33%. The low-income groups are mostly affected, so differ- ent subsidies should be implemented to make subsidies more efficient.

关 键 词：price subsidies price-gap approach input-output analysis technology 

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