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Republic of Kazakhstan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Republic of Kazakhstan : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 2003/211
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 July 2003
ISBN: 9781451820904
Keywords: crude oil, oil and gas, natural gas, petroleum sector, million barrels
This Selected Issues paper reviews the developments, issues, and prospects of the petroleum sector of Kazakhstan, and analyzes the recent strong economic growth, the links between the oil and the non-oil sector, an...

Interview with John Odling-Smee: Russia’s rebound: will it last? »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 32, Issue 05
Volume/Issue: 32/5
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 March 2003
ISBN: 9781451935233
Keywords: oil prices, oil sector, exchange rate, fiscal policy, real exchange
Russia’s unexpectedly strong recovery since its 1998 crisis has left people wondering whether it is just a temporary result of higher oil prices and the postcrisis depreciation of the ruble or a sign ofdurab...

Evaluation of Taxes and Revenues From the Energy Sector in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Former Soviet Union Countries »
Source: Evaluation of Taxes and Revenues From the Energy Sector in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Former Soviet Union Countries
Volume/Issue: 1998/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Dale Gray
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1998
ISBN: 9781451845235
Keywords: petroleum, natural resources, regulation, energy, natural monopoly, taxation, oil and gas, tax burden, gas sector, oil sector
This paper examines the level and structure of fiscal revenues from the Baltics, Russia, and other former Soviet Union countries’ (BRO) energy sector and suggests reforms in energy tax policy. Revenues from...

Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies »
Source: Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies
Volume/Issue: 2003/228
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yuko Kinoshita , and Nauro Campos
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2003
ISBN: 9781451875461
Keywords: fdi, market size, foreign investors, host country, Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Models with Panel Data, Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Performance and Prospects,
This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data...

What Causes Firms to Hide Output? the Determinants of Informality »
Source: What Causes Firms to Hide Output? the Determinants of Informality
Volume/Issue: 2005/160
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Gabriela Inchauste , Mark Gradstein , and Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
ISBN: 9781451861792
Keywords: determinants, institutions, survey, business environment, regulatory burden, probability, firm size, Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm, Education: Other, institution,
In many developing countries, a significant part of economic activity takes place in the informal sector. Earlier work has examined the determinants of the size of the informal sector, focusing separately on factor...

9 Oil Revenue Assignments: Country Experiences and Issues »
Source: Fiscal Policy Formulation and Implementation in Oil-Producing Countries
Series: Books
Author(s): Jeffrey Davis , Annalisa Fedelino , and Rolando Ossowski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 August 2003
ISBN: 9781589061750
Keywords: oil prices, fiscal policy, oil revenues, oil and gas, taxation
I. Introduction The assignment of oil revenues in multilevel countries raises a number of issues, including the right of subnational regions to raise revenues on natu...

10 Oil Revenue and Fiscal Federalism »
Source: Fiscal Policy Formulation and Implementation in Oil-Producing Countries
Series: Books
Author(s): Jeffrey Davis , Annalisa Fedelino , and Rolando Ossowski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 August 2003
ISBN: 9781589061750
Keywords: oil prices, fiscal policy, oil revenues, oil and gas, taxation
Introduction Although the theory hardly recommends revenues from oil and gas as an ideal source of finance for subnational governments—with the exception of funds to...

5 Foreign Exchange Operations, Markets, and Reserve Management »
Source: Central Bank Reform in the Transition Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
ISBN: 9781557756084
Keywords: national bank, banking, central bank, foreign exchange, banking system
Over the last four years, the transition countries have, on the whole, moved substantially toward more market-based exchange rate arrangements, with a view to promoting both greater...

8 The Assignment of Oil Tax Revenue »
Source: Fiscal Policy Formulation and Implementation in Oil-Producing Countries
Series: Books
Author(s): Jeffrey Davis , Annalisa Fedelino , and Rolando Ossowski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 August 2003
ISBN: 9781589061750
Keywords: oil prices, fiscal policy, oil revenues, oil and gas, taxation
This paper provides a conceptual statement of the considerations that might lead one to conclude that revenues from the taxation of oil should be assigned to one lev...

Part VII Bibliography »
Source: A Study of the Soviet Economy. 3-volume set : 3-Volume Set
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1991
ISBN: 9789264134683
Keywords: prices, payments, credit, interest, wage
Bibliography BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute for Economics and Forecast...