electoral price cycles in gasoline markets …

crude oil prices per liter translates into a 1.2 cent increase in the retail gasoline price at peak level six months after … negative price shocks on the retail gasoline price. Finally, the paper underscores the importance of the new dataset in …

designing, and gaining public support for, subsidy reform. This paper updates evidence for developing countries on the magnitude … of the welfare impact of subsidy reform and its distribution across income groups, incorporating more recent studies and … subsidy reform for countries where the data necessary for such an analysis is not available …

countries' own interests. The potential fiscal, environmental and welfare impacts of energy subsidy reform are substantial …

consumption to changes in energy prices and the implications of our findings for the debate on energy subsidy reform. Our findings … significant long-term benefits from the reform of energy subsidies. Our findings also indicate that short-term gains from subsidy … reform are likely to be much smaller, which suggests the need for either a gradual approach to subsidy reform or for more …