Arbeitspapier

Optimal Subsidies for Residential Solar

We study the optimal design of spatially-differentiated subsidies for residential solar panels. We build a structural model of solar panel demand and electricity production across the US and estimate the model by combining 1) remotely sensed data on residential solar panels, 2) power-plant-level data on hourly production and emissions, and 3) a state-of-the-art air pollution model. The current subsidies lead to severe spatial misallocation. The optimal cost-neutral reform generates a 6-11% increase in the environmental benefits of residential solar panels. National funding for subsidies under the current system exceeds the unconstrained optimum by over ten-fold.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 10446

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Alternative Energy Sources
Energy: Government Policy
Thema
rooftop solar
optimal taxation
renewable energy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Colas, Mark
Saulnier, Emmett
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Colas, Mark
  • Saulnier, Emmett
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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