In this paper, we evaluate the first-stage pass-through, namely the responsiveness of import prices to the exchange … conduct a sectoral analysis using disaggregated import prices data. We find a much higher degree of pass-through for more … a dynamic panel-data model, our estimates indicate that decline of import-price sensitivity to the exchange rate is not …

productive efficiency, in the public sector. We focus on reforms aiming to establish parity between work conditions in the public …

policy implications regarding residential energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction in Egypt. …

by the Ramsey government not only increases aggregate efficiency, but it also decreases inequality. This result is in … contrast to common view and policy practice. -- user fees ; Ramsey taxation ; efficiency ; inequality …

government share in GDP; and as a measure of government efficiency, we construct an index by following the methodology of Afonso … efficiency. Specifically, while a larger size of government is bad for incentives when one ignores efficiency, the results change … drastically when government efficiency is also taken into account. Only when our measure of size exceeds our measure of efficiency …

providers cannot beat private providers in terms of aggregate efficiency. We finally design a transfer scheme that can make a …