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An Exploration of the Association Between Fuel Subsidies and Fuel Riots

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dc.creator McCulloch, Neil
dc.creator Natalini, Davide
dc.creator Hossain, Naomi
dc.creator Justino, Patricia
dc.date 2022-05-18T11:33:44Z
dc.date 2022-05-18T11:33:44Z
dc.date 2022-04-25
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:56:01Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:56:01Z
dc.identifier McCulloch, N.; Natalini, D.; Hossain, N. and Justino, P. (2022) 'An Exploration of the Association Between Fuel Subsidies and Fuel Riots', World Development, 157: 105935, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105935
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17400
dc.identifier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22001255
dc.identifier Power and Popular Politics
dc.identifier 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105935
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199185
dc.description Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international dataset on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots. In line with prior expectations, we find that large domestic fuel price shocks - often linked to international price shocks - are a key driver of riots. In addition, we report a novel result: fuel riots are closely associated with domestic price regimes. Countries that maintain fixed price regimes - notably net energy exporters - tend to have large fuel subsidies. When such subsidies become unsustainable, domestic price adjustments are large, often leading to riots.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier Ltd
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights The Authors
dc.subject Governance
dc.subject Politics and Power
dc.subject Security and Conflict
dc.title An Exploration of the Association Between Fuel Subsidies and Fuel Riots
dc.type Article


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