Political Determinants of Fossil Fuel Pricing

This paper provides an empirical analysis of economic and political determinants of gasoline and diesel prices for about 200 countries over the period 1991-2010. A range of both political and economic variables are found to systematically influence...

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Main Authors:	van Beers, Cees, Strand, Jon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ENERGY AVAILABILITY BARRIER BENCHMARK CAR CAR OWNERS CAR OWNERSHIP CARBON EMISSIONS CARS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST OF ENERGY COUNTRY FIXED EFFECT CRUDE OIL CRUDE OIL PRICE DEBT DEMAND FOR GASOLINE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DIESEL DIESEL USE DOMESTIC ENERGY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY EXPORTS ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRICING ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY USE EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FOSSIL FOSSIL ENERGY FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUEL ENDOWMENTS FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY FOSSIL FUEL PRICES FOSSIL FUEL USE FOSSIL FUELS FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES FUEL PRODUCERS FUEL PUMP FUEL SUBSIDIES FUEL TAX FUEL TAX RATES FUEL TAXATION FUEL TAXES FUEL VOLUME GAS CONSUMPTION GAS PRICES GASOLINE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION GASOLINE PRICES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GRID CONNECTIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS KEROSENE KEROSENE SUBSIDIES LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET PRICE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MONOPOLIES MOTOR FUEL MOTOR FUELS MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC MOTOR VEHICLE USE MOTOR VEHICLES NATURAL GAS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NET OIL OIL EXPORTER OIL EXPORTERS OIL IMPORTING COUNTRIES OIL OUTPUT OIL PRICES OIL SUPPLY OPPORTUNITY COSTS PASSENGER CARS POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE POLITICAL DETERMINANTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE INCREASES PRICE LEVELS PRIVATE TRANSPORT PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC GOOD PURCHASING POWER REGIME CHANGE REGULAR GASOLINE RESTRICTIONS ROAD ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SAFETY TAX TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL DISTANCES TRUE UTILITIES VEHICLES VOTERS WEALTH WORLD MARKET
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17784262/political-determinants-fossil-fuel-pricing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15569