The Impact of Targeted Subsidies plan on Combination of Energy Consumption in Iran: The Case of Non-Metal Mineral Manufacturing Industries

Feizpour, Mohammad Ali; Khayyat Sarkar, Mohammad

doi:10.22099/ijes.2015.3778

Authors

¹ Department of Economics, Business School, Yazd University

² Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

https://doi.org/10.22099/ijes.2015.3778

Abstract

Although the implementation of targeted energy subsidies plan has been considered by policymakers since the First 5-year Economic, Social and Cultural Development Plan in Iran, it is only partially implemented in 2010. This issue has great importance for industry sector that has benefited from subsidized energy prices. This research attempts to investigate the possible impact of implementing Subsidy Reform Plan on manufacture of non-metal mineral products industry by using Artificial Neural Network approach. This investigation focuses on new entered firms into this industry as one of the most energy intensive industries. The results indicate that by replacing subsidized prices with electricity real price, the consumption of this energy carrier will generally decline by 16 percent. Despite this, the large entrance of new firms has raised the energy consumption in some years. Therefore, the results show that targeted subsidies plan does not have a large impact on energy consumption in non-metal mineral manufacturing industries. Furthermore, we find out that the impact of this policy depends on combination of firms in each industry.

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Article Title [Persian]

تأثیر هدفمندی یارانه‌ها بر ترکیب مصرفی انرژی در ایران:مطالعه موردی صنعت کانی‌های غیر فلزی

Authors [Persian]

محمد علی فیض‌پور ¹
محمد خیاط سرکار ²

¹ عضو هیات علمی دانشکده اقتصاد، مدیریت و حسابداری دانشگاه یزد

² کارشناس ارشد اقتصاد انرژی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد

Abstract [Persian]

هدفمندی یارانه‌های انرژی اگرچه از دیرباز و از برنامه نخست پنج ساله توسعه اقتصادی، اجتماعی و فرهنگی ایران همواره مد نظر سیاست‌گذاران اقتصادی بوده‌ اما تنها در سال‌های اخیر این امر تا حدودی تحقق یافته ‌است. این موضوع بویژه برای بخش صنعت که از مزایای دسترسی به انرژی ارزان قیمت بهره برده است از اهمیتی دوچندان برخوردار است. این مقاله می‌کوشد تا با استفاده از شبکه عصبی مصنوعی تاثیر احتمالی اجرای قانون هدفمندی یارانه‌ها را بر صنعت تولید کانی‌های غیر فلزیاز بعد تغییر ترکیب مصرف انرژی مورد بررسی قرار دهد. این بررسی نیز بر بنگاه‌های جدیدالورود این صنعت به عنوان یکی از انرژی‌برترین صنایع تمرکز یافته ‌است. نتایج این پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که با جایگزینی قیمت واقعی برق به جای قیمت‌های یارانه‌ای، مصرف این حامل انرژی در مجموع به میزان 16 درصد کاهش خواهد یافت. با این وجود این کاهش، با توجه به بنگاه‌های جدیدالورود در هر سال از دامنه پراکندگی بسیاری برخوردار بوده و حتی در سال‌هایی با افزایش مصرف مواجه بوده است. در نتیجه، هدفمندی یارانه‌ها نه تنها تاثیر چندانی بر مصرف حامل‌های انرژی در بخش صنایع تولیدی نخواهد داشت بلکه تأثیر آن به شدت به ترکیب بنگاه‌های وارد شده در هر صنعت بستگی دارد.

Keywords [Persian]

هدفمند سازی یارانه‌ها
قیمت حامل‌های انرژی
بنگاههای جدیدالورود
شبکه عصبی مصنوعی ایران

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The Impact of Targeted Subsidies plan on Combination of Energy Consumption in Iran: The Case of Non-Metal Mineral Manufacturing Industries

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1April 2015Pages 127-146

Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
April 2015
Pages 127-146