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Protection of the German coal industry

Abstract

Within Germany, subsidies to the domestic coal industry are raising taxes, increasing electricity prices, constraining industry competitiveness and causing distortions to resource allocation decisions. Coal assistance policies raise the costs of German industry, particularly those which use coal and electricity. In the case of assistance to steaming coal production, subsidies are less explicit, making the direct cost of continued support to the industry less obvious. If Germany deregulated its coal industry, it would become a major coal importer, conceivably importing as much as 60 Mt a year. Such an increase in import demand would raise world coal trade volume significantly. The impact of liberalisation on world coal prices would depend on the extent and timing of liberalisation and the responsiveness of suppliers to the increased import demand. 13 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jun 01, 1989
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
CLA-89-091063; EDB-89-130308
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Agric. Res. Q.; (Australia); Journal Volume: 1:2
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; COAL INDUSTRY; SUBSIDIES; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; ENERGY POLICY; COST; DEREGULATION; DOMESTIC SUPPLIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ELECTRIC POWER; IMPORTS; PRICES; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; TAXES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INDUSTRY; POWER; WESTERN EUROPE; 017000* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Legislation & Regulations; 015000 - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Economic, Industrial, & Business Aspects; 294001 - Energy Planning & Policy- Coal
OSTI ID:
5904455
Country of Origin:
Australia
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: ARQUE
Submitting Site:
CLA
Size:
Pages: 182-190
Announcement Date:
Oct 01, 1989

Citation Formats

Jones, S, and Savage, E. Protection of the German coal industry. Australia: N. p., 1989. Web.
Jones, S, & Savage, E. Protection of the German coal industry. Australia.
Jones, S, and Savage, E. 1989. "Protection of the German coal industry." Australia.
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abstractNote = {Within Germany, subsidies to the domestic coal industry are raising taxes, increasing electricity prices, constraining industry competitiveness and causing distortions to resource allocation decisions. Coal assistance policies raise the costs of German industry, particularly those which use coal and electricity. In the case of assistance to steaming coal production, subsidies are less explicit, making the direct cost of continued support to the industry less obvious. If Germany deregulated its coal industry, it would become a major coal importer, conceivably importing as much as 60 Mt a year. Such an increase in import demand would raise world coal trade volume significantly. The impact of liberalisation on world coal prices would depend on the extent and timing of liberalisation and the responsiveness of suppliers to the increased import demand. 13 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs.}
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