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Assessing Protectionism and Subsidies in Agriculture : A Gravity Approach

Paiva, Claudio - 2014

This paper provides the first comprehensive empirical analysis of agricultural trade using a gravity model. The data set covers bilateral trade in agricultural goods for 152 countries over the periods 1990-93 and 1999-2002. The estimations support claims that protectionism and distortive...

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The Unequal Benefits of Fuel Subsidies Revisited : Evidence for Developing Countries

Coady, David P. - 2016

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 …

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Promoting Innovation : The Differential Impact of R&D Subsidies

Cherif, Reda; Hasanov, Fuad; Grimpe, Christoph; Sofka, … - 2022

We investigate the effect of R&D subsidies on firms’ innovation by ownership, industry, and firm size using German firm-level data. The impact of R&D subsidies is heterogeneous across industries for multinational corporations (MNCs) and domestic firms while it does not differ substantially by...

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Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Rate and Base Changes : Evidence from Fiscal Consolidations

Dabla-Norris, Era - 2018

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of tax changes during fiscal consolidations. Webuild a new narrative dataset of tax changes during fiscal consolidation years, containing detailed information on the expected revenue impact, motivation, and announcement and implementation dates of...

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Domestic Petroleum Product Prices and Subsidies : Recent Developments and Reform Strategies

Coady, David P. - 2007

The paper reviews recent developments in the pass-through of international to domestic petroleum product prices, in the different fuel pricing regimes, and in fuel subsidies in a range of emerging market and developing economies. The main finding of the paper is the limited price pass-through in...

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The Magnitude and Distribution of Fuel Subsidies : Evidence from Bolivia, Ghana, Jordan, Mali, and Sri Lanka

Coady, David P. - 2006

With the recent jump in world oil prices, the issue of petroleum product pricing has become increasingly important in developing countries. Reflecting a reluctance of many governments to pass these price increases onto energy users, energy price subsidies are absorbing an increasing share of...

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Whose Credit Line is it Anyway : An Update on Banks' Implicit Subsidies

Gudmundsson, Tryggvi - 2016

The post-crisis financial sector framework reform remains incomplete. While capital and liquidity requirements have been strengthened, doubts remain over other aspects, including the fact that expectations of government support for systemically-important banks (SIBs) remain intact. In this...

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How Large are Global Energy Subsidies?

Coady, David P. - 2015

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

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Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending : Theory and Evidence

Ebeke, Christian - 2015

This paper shows that high energy subsidies and low public social spending can emerge as an equilibrium outcome of a political game between the elite and the middle-class when the provision of public goods is subject to bottlenecks, reflecting weak domestic institutions. We test this and other...

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Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean : Stocktaking and Policy Challenges

Di Bella, C. Gabriel - 2015

, competitiveness, and distribution. The paper overviews country experience with subsidy reform, drawing lessons …

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