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The Unequal Benefits of Fuel Subsidies; A Review of Evidence for Developing Countries

Coady, David; Granado, Javier Arze del - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper reviews evidence on the impact of fuel subsidy reform on household welfare in developing countries. On … average, the burden of subsidy reform is neutrally distributed across income groups; a $0.25 decrease in the per liter subsidy … subsidies than the bottom. Issues that need to be addressed when undertaking subsidy reform are also discussed, including the …

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Who's Going Green and Why? Trends and Determinants of Green Investment

Eyraud, Luc; Zhang, Changchang; Wane, Abdoul Aziz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...

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International Fuel Tax Assessment; An Application to Chile

Parry, Ian W.H.; Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Gasoline and diesel fuel are heavily taxed in many developed and some emerging and developing countries. Outside of the United States and Europe, however, there has been little attempt to quantify the external costs of vehicle use, so policymakers lack guidance on whether prevailing tax rates...

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Azerbaijan Republic; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on Azerbaijan Republic reports that the government has made substantial progress in dealing with energy-related subsidies. The domestic market for oil products has been tightly regulated by the government since Azerbaijan gained independence. Azerbaijan is largely...

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Importer and Producer Petroleum Taxation; A Geo-Political Model

Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

We derive non-cooperative Nash equilibrium (NE) importer and exporter petroleum excise taxes given full within-group tax coordination, but no coordination between groups, assuming that importers do not produce and exporters do not consume petroleum, and petroleum consumption causes a global...

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany

Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...

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Reforming the Tax System to Promote Environmental Objectives; An Application to Mauritius

Parry, Ian W.H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Fiscal instruments are potentially among the most effective, and cost-effective, options for addressing externalities related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius (a pioneer in the use of green taxes) to illustrate...

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Taxing Fossil Fuels under Speculative Storage

Tumen, Semih; Unalmis, Deren; Unalmis, Ibrahim; Unsal, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper investigates the mechanisms through which environmental taxes on fossil fuel usage can affect the main macroeconomic variables in the short-run. We concentrate on a particular mechanism: speculative storage. The existence of forward-looking speculators in the model improves the...

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Sudan; Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on September 7, 2012. The views expressed...

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Jordan; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile international prices. The macroeconomic situation in Jordan is closely tied to that of other...

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