Energy Subsidy Reform: Social Implications & Public Acceptance

Payne Student Scholar Nina Guizzetti writes about how countries all over the world have begun to alter or eliminate their subsidies on oil and gas. While there are many motivations for this change, they most often stem from a fiscal and environmental standpoint.  Once these subsidies are altered or eliminated, low income households are put at risk. The objective of this paper is to examine the social implications of subsidy reform in order to determine the factors that influence public acceptance of subsidy reform.  March 9, 2021.