Kerosene subsidies for household lighting in India: what are the impacts?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Lam, Nicholas L ^a,b   Pachauri, Shonali ^c   Purohit, Pallav ^c   Nagai, Yu ^c,d   Bates, Michael N ^a   Cameron, Colin ^c   Smith, Kirk R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cooking; household energy; kerosene; lighting; stacking; subsidies

Indexed keywords

COOKING; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOSSIL FUELS; HOUSING; KEROSENE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ELECTRICITY SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING; STACKING; SUBSIDIES; SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING;

LIGHTING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISABILITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EXPENDITURE; FOSSIL FUEL; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY REFORM; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

INDIA;

EID: 84964725565     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044014     Document Type: Article

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