Windfalls and other profits

Aviel Verbruggen

Energy Policy, 2008, vol. 36, issue 9, 3249-3251

Abstract: "Windfall profits" again is a popular term, but mostly the term is used inappropriately. This short article discusses why, and proposes a more complete taxonomy of profits. There exists little ground and need for policy to act against genuine windfalls, while the contrary holds for other excessive earnings. Very few windfalls, freely fallen down from winds in the sky, occur after observed excessive profits are stripped from deliberate man-made interventions. That is why clear identification and correct language are needed.

Date: 2008
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