This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences, which are the basis for the … in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. The case studies are organized by energy product, with 14 studies of the … description of the reforms; discussion of the impact of the reform on energy prices or subsidies and its success or failure …

This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over …

results from the requirement that non-traded inputs are used in the investment process. In the short-run, though, the effects …

In the 1980s, U.S. real investment in high technology equipment has grown rapidly while other components of business … fixed investment have been weak. The surge in real high technology investment has been accompanied by a very sharp decline … investment was extended to cover the period through 1988, the equation for nonresidential structures performed much as before …

This paper examines the behavior of business fixed investment in the United States in the 1980s. A background … discussion of the long-term behavior of the components of business fixed investment is provided, setting the context for the … empirical analysis. A standard neoclassical model of business fixed investment is specified and estimated, with output and the …

"This volume provides the most comprehensive estimates of worldwide energy subsidies currently available, drawing on … "how to do" energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies and analyses carried out by other …

fiscal imbalances, crowd-out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector …-intensive industries, reducing incentives for investment in renewable energy, and accelerating the depletion of natural resources. Most …Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. While aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate …

Enhancing public and private investment, but also ensuring that this translates into higher growth and employment, have … long been key policy challenges in Arab countries. Reflecting an improvement in policies and global conditions, investment … differences across the region-investment has on average been somewhat weaker than in peer countries and less effective at …

In this paper, we first introduce investment-specific technology (IST) shocks to an otherwise standard international … the relative price of investment to build and estimate these IST processes across the U.S and a ""rest of the world …