Differential Impact of Immediate Total Deregulation of Wellhead Prices of Natural Gas on Minority and Low-Income Homeowners: A General Review and a Case Study in the Washington, DC Area

摘要

In this study, the authors evaluate the impact of total deregulation of wellhead prices of natural gas on various strata of the residential consuming population, and compare it to the baseline impact of a continuation of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. They found that minority and poverty homeowners will suffer greater relative welfare losses than their white and non-poverty counterparts. They developed quantitative estimates of the extent of these differentials, and offered some policy proposals suggested by these findings. 54 refs., 8 figs., 68 tabs. (ERA citation 10:041376)