Subsidies in the US Energy Sector: Magnitude, Causes, and Options for Reform
Document Detail
Subsidies in the US Energy Sector: Magnitude, Causes, and Options for Reform
Coverage:
USA
Resource Type:
Energy
Object Type:
Publication or article
Publication Date:
2007
Abstract
Examines the political drivers behind subsidy proliferation in the US federal system and a variety of options to improve transparency and contestability of the subsidy programs. Paper contains ballpark values for US federal subsidies by energy type, based on an update of US energy subsidy estimates for 2003 prepared for the National Commission on Energy Policy. Chapter published in Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Political Economy Aspects, (OECD: Paris, France, 2007). An earlier version of this paper containing links to source documents is also available here.
Copyright Information
Prepared subsequent to the OECD Workshop on Subsidy Reform and Sustainable
Development: Political Economy Aspects, Helsinki, Finland, June 20-21, 2006. Copyright
OECD and Earth Track, Inc. Document may not be reposted, but may be linked to at:
www.earthtrack.net.
