Review of Indonesian Economic and Business Studies
Vol 3, No 2 (2012): RIEBS 2012 (2)

Effect of fiscal incentives on coal bed methane price: a hypothetical analysis

Makmun, Makmun (Unknown)
Sitepu, Eddy Mayor Putra (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Nov 2012

Abstract

Fossil fuel reserves are diminishing and coal bed methane (CBM) has been regarded as a potentialreplacement energy source because Indonesia’s CBM reserves are enormous, up to 453 trillion cubicfeet. To boost investment in CBM development in Indonesia, support in the form of fiscal incentivesis needed. By analysing the effects of incentives on CBM’s selling price this study assesses whether theforms of incentives provided by the government so far have been appropriate and sufficient. This studyuses economic modelling to calculate the effect of incentives on the economics of CBM developmentin Indonesia. The results of this study show that incentives will have a significant effect on CBM’seconomic price if there is a composite of different forms of incentive. Nevertheless, in implementingan incentives policy it is important to consider the effect fiscal incentives will have on the reduction ofthe subsidy for electricity.Keywords: CBM, Fiscal incentive, Economic price

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Journal Info

Abbrev

riebs

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

RIEBS Journal is a scientific journal published by the Economic Research Center-Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Pusat Penelitian Ekonomi-Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia/P2E-LIPI) twice a year, with e-ISSN: 2502244X and p-ISSN: 20871392. RIEBS Journal publishes original articles on the most ...