Abuses in Fuel Markets : How to Protect Consumers and Public Health

• Tác giả: Masami Kojima
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 665.5 Petroleum
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 311325
• Chủ đề: 1. AIR QUALITY; 2. AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; 3. BRAND LOYALTY; 4. COST SAVINGS; 5. FUEL CONVERSION

Tóm tắt

In the fuel business, smuggling, adulteration, mislabeling, and short-weighting are widespread in many developing counties. Not only do these commercial abuses reduce consumer welfare and government excise revenue but the combustion of substandard fuels can have a serious public health impact. This Note looks at how the structure of the fuel industry affects incentives for such abuses and shows how some developing countries have worked to combat the practices.