Replication data for: How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from India
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hunt Allcott; Allan Collard-Wexler; Stephen D. O'Connell
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Project Citation:
Allcott, Hunt, Collard-Wexler, Allan, and O’Connell, Stephen D. Replication data for: How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112983V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We estimate the effects of electricity shortages on Indian
manufacturers, instrumenting with supply shifts from hydroelectric
power availability. We estimate that India's average reported level of
shortages reduces the average plant's revenues and producer surplus
by 5 to 10 percent, but average productivity losses are significantly
smaller because most inputs can be stored during outages. Shortages
distort the plant size distribution, as there are significant economies
of scale in generator costs and shortages more severely affect plants
without generators. Simulations show that offering interruptible
retail electricity contracts could substantially reduce the impacts of
shortages. (JEL D24, L60, L94, O13, O14, Q41)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
L94 Electric Utilities
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Q41 Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices
D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
L94 Electric Utilities
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Q41 Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices
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