When Winners Feel Like Losers : Evidence from an Energy Subsidy Reform

In 2011 the Government of El Salvador implemented a reform to the liquefied gas (LPG) subsidy that increased the welfare of households in all but the top two deciles of the income distribution. However, the reform turned out to be rather unpopular, including among winners. This paper relies on ad ho...

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Main Authors: Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar, Cunha, Barbara, Trezzi, Riccardo
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30955