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Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications »
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , David Coady , Stefania Fabrizio , Sanjeev Gupta , Trevor Alleyne , and Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 December 2013
Language: Arabic
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484389928.071
ISBN: 9781484389928
Keywords: energy subsidy, subsidy, energy
Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. Although they are aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment,...
Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union »
Source: Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union
Volume/Issue: 2008/165
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Alex Segura-Ubiergo , Taline Koranchelian , and Carlos Mulas-Granados
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2008
ISBN: 9781451870237
Keywords: new member states, subsidy reform, state aid to enterprises, energy subsidies, and transportation subsidies, subsidies, subsidy, energy subsidy,
Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the EU in 2004 (EU-10). During the pre-accession period, these countries had to undertake a number...
Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean »
Source: Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean : Stocktaking and Policy Challenges
Volume/Issue: 2015/30
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Gabriel Di Bella , Lawrence Norton , Joseph Ntamatungiro , Sumiko Ogawa , Issouf Samaké , and Marika Santoro
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 February 2015
ISBN: 9781484365366
Keywords: Energy Subsidies, Latin America and the Caribbean, energy, electricity, prices, fuel, oil, General,
The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalated with high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean-about 1.8 percent of GDP in...
Iran »
Source: Iran : The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform
Volume/Issue: 2011/167
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Dominique Guillaume , Roman Zytek , and Mohammad Reza Farzin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2011
ISBN: 9781462303212
Keywords: subsidy, oil dividend, prices, subsidies, payments, credit, Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: General, Energy: General,
On December 18, 2010, Iran increased domestic energy and agricultural prices by up to 20 times, making it the first major oil-exporting country to reduce substantially implicit energy subsidies. This paper reviews...
How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? »
Source: How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?
Volume/Issue: 2015/105
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): David Coady , Ian Parry , Louis Sears , and Baoping Shang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 May 2015
ISBN: 9781513532196
Keywords: energy subsidies, efficient taxation, deadweight loss, revenue, subsidies, tax, vehicle, traffic, subsidy, Demand and Supply
This paper provides a comprehensive, updated picture of energy subsidies at the global and regional levels. It focuses on the broad notion of post-tax energy subsidies, which arise when consumer prices are below su...
Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending »
Source: Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending : Theory and Evidence
Volume/Issue: 2015/101
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Christian Ebeke , and Constant Lonkeng Ngouana
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 May 2015
ISBN: 9781475580747
Keywords: Energy subsidies, Public social spending, Causality, subsidy, tax, energy subsidy, Cross-Sectional Models, Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation, Causality.,
This paper shows that high energy subsidies and low public social spending can emerge as an equilibrium outcome of a political game between the elite and the middle-class when the provision of public goods is subje...
Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and Lessons »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Volume: 13
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
The reform of energy subsidies is an important but challenging issue for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. There is a relatively large theoretical and empirical literature on this issue. While this paper relies...
Energy Subsidies and Energy Consumption »
Source: Energy Subsidies and Energy Consumption : A Cross-Country Analysis
Volume/Issue: 2013/112
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Joshua Charap , Arthur Ribeiro da Silva , and Pedro Rodriguez
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 May 2013
ISBN: 9781484367247
Keywords: subsidy, income elasticity, gasoline prices, environmental regulations, energy consumption, gasoline consumption, Models with Panel Data, Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies, General,
The economic and environmental implications of energy subsidies have received renewed attention from policymakers and economists in recent years. Nevertheless there remains significant uncertainty regarding the mag...
Chapter 1. Energy Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Stylized Facts »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Recent Developments in Fuel Pricing and Fiscal Implications 1 International oil and oil products prices rose sharply in 2003–2012 in tw...
Chapter 3. Lessons Learned from Attempts to Reform Energy Subsidies28 »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa : Experiences and Lessons
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Trevor Alleyne , and Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Electric power, Energy sector, Energy taxes, Oil prices, Fiscal reforms, Gasoline prices, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsidies, electricity
Although the economics make a compelling case for subsidy reform, experience shows that political constraints have often prevented or derailed reform. Understanding the political economy behind stalled refor...