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原文传递 Assessing Impacts of Rising Fuel Prices on Rural Native Americans.

题名：	Assessing Impacts of Rising Fuel Prices on Rural Native Americans.
关键词：	Petroleum-; Prices-; Economic-impacts; Rural-areas.;Income-; Households-; Automotive-fuels; Low-income-groups; Urban-areas; Energy-consumption; Energy-supplies; Information-dissemination.
摘要：	Rising fuel prices have a greater relative impact on rural residents, based on the premise that rural incomes are lower than urban incomes and that rural residents travel more miles via personal vehicle each year than city dwellers. Given the fact that many Indian reservations are extremely rural and have some of the lowest income levels in the nation, it seems logical to assume that Native Americans in rural areas may be among the most impacted by rising fuel prices. This paper tests this hypothesis. The New York Times reported on June 9, 2008, that rural residents are impacted more by rising gasoline prices than their urban counterparts. The reasons for the differential are lower rural income levels and longer commute distances. The article noted that while urban dwellers may spend 4%or less of their income on gasoline, some rural residents reportedly spend over 13%of their income on motor fuel (Krauss 2008). A primary source of the New York Times report was a Pain At The Pump study conducted by the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), a fuel analysis firm based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. OPIS collects weekly fuel price data that is used and disseminated by the American Automobile Association (AAA).
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