Distributional Impact Analysis of the Energy Price Reform in Turkey

Zhang, Fan

dc.creator	Zhang, Fan
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:13Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:13Z
dc.date	2011-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:59:59Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:59:59Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111005122233
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3595
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244559
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5831
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	AGGREGATE DEMAND
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	AIR CONDITIONERS
dc.subject	APPROACH
dc.subject	AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	AVERAGE PRICE
dc.subject	BENCHMARK
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CARBON TAX
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CONDITIONAL DEMAND
dc.subject	CONSUMER SURPLUS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subject	DEMAND ANALYSES
dc.subject	DEMAND ANALYSIS
dc.subject	DEMAND CURVE
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	DEMAND FORECASTING
dc.subject	DEMAND FUNCTION
dc.subject	DEMAND FUNCTIONS
dc.subject	DEMAND RESPONSE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC EFFECTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STATISTICS
dc.subject	ELECTRIC POWER
dc.subject	ELECTRIC SPACE HEATING
dc.subject	ELECTRIC UTILITIES
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY BILLS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY DEMAND
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY MARKETS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRICE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRICES
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRICING
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY SECTOR
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY TARIFF
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY USAGE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY UTILITY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	END-USE
dc.subject	ENERGY BILLS
dc.subject	ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subject	ENERGY ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	ENERGY INTENSIVE
dc.subject	ENERGY MARKET
dc.subject	ENERGY PRICE
dc.subject	ENERGY PRICES
dc.subject	ENERGY PRICING
dc.subject	ENERGY SAVINGS
dc.subject	ENERGY SECURITY
dc.subject	ENERGY SUPPLY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
dc.subject	EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL LOSS
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	FUEL COSTS
dc.subject	FUELS
dc.subject	FUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subject	GENERATION
dc.subject	HIGHER ENERGY PRICES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SECTOR
dc.subject	IMPACT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME GROUPS
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INVENTORY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LAND ECONOMICS
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	MARGINAL PRICE
dc.subject	MARGINAL UTILITY
dc.subject	MARKET DEMAND
dc.subject	MARKET REFORM
dc.subject	NATURAL GAS
dc.subject	NATURAL GAS PRICES
dc.subject	NORMAL GOOD
dc.subject	PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	PRICE CHANGE
dc.subject	PRICE CHANGES
dc.subject	PRICE ELASTICITY
dc.subject	PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subject	PRICE INCREASE
dc.subject	PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject	PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	PRICE SCHEDULE
dc.subject	PRICE SPIKES
dc.subject	PRICE VARIATION
dc.subject	PRICING MECHANISM
dc.subject	PRICING MECHANISMS
dc.subject	PRICING POLICIES
dc.subject	PRICING REFORM
dc.subject	REGULATORY POLICY
dc.subject	RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS
dc.subject	RESIDENTIAL DEMAND
dc.subject	RESIDENTIAL ENERGY
dc.subject	RETAIL
dc.subject	SPACE HEATING
dc.subject	STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	SUBSTITUTE
dc.subject	SURPLUS
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
dc.subject	TARIFF DESIGN
dc.subject	TARIFF STRUCTURE
dc.subject	UNDERESTIMATES
dc.subject	VERTICAL AXIS
dc.subject	WELFARE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	WELFARE LOSS
dc.title	Distributional Impact Analysis of the Energy Price Reform in Turkey
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	Middle East
dc.coverage	Europe
dc.coverage	Eastern Europe
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Turkey