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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 … reductions in net carbon emissions; technological innovation, and increased energy security. The latter part of the paper centers … justified, relative to other means to increase energy security and reduce carbon emissions. We also find an excessive emphasis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605334
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Recent Dynamics of Crude Oil Prices
Krichene, Noureddine - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Crude oil prices have been on a run-up spree in recent years. Their dynamics were characterized by high volatility, high intensity jumps, and strong upward drift, indicating that oil markets were constantly out-of-equilibrium. An explanation of the oil price process in terms of the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826574
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Aggregate Investment Expenditureson Tradable and Nontradable Goods
Bems, Rudolfs - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper shows that aggregate investment expenditure shares on tradable and nontradable goods are very similar across countries and regions. Furthermore, the two expenditure shares have remained close to constant over time, with the average expenditure share on nontradables varying between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248190
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Poverty and Social Impact Analysis; Linking Macroeconomic Policies to Poverty Outcomes: Summary of Early Experiences
Robb, Caroline M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the PRGF-supported programs in the African Department. The paper illustrates that many staff country reports have taken a first step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826503
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Latin America; Highlights from the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA)
Ramos, Roberto Luis Olinto; Rivas, Lisbeth; Pastor, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper reviews the Latin American experience with the implementation of 1993 SNAand the updating of the national accounts' base year. It also makes a preliminary assessment of the possible estimation biases in nominal GDP estimates stemming from the use of outdated national accounts base...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768868
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A Framework to Assess the Effectiveness of IMF Technical Assistance in National Accounts
Pastor, Gonzalo C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
accounts using the Fund's Technical Assistance Information Management System (TAIMS). The challenge has been to report on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497607
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Assessing Accuracy and Reliability; A Note Basedon Approaches Used in National Accounts and Balance of Payments Statistics
Carson, Carol S.; Laliberté, Lucie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Both national accounts and balance of payments are based on multiple, complex source data and typically undergo several routine revisions as more and better source data are incorporated into the final estimates. As a result, neither dataset can be subjected directly to the usual statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599554
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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 … countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset and find that green investment has become a key driver of the energy … "green" energy, have a positive and significant impact on green investment. Other interventions, such as biofuel support, do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401202
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Iran; The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform
Guillaume, Dominique M.; Zytek, Roman; Farzin, Mohammad Reza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
On December 18, 2010, Iran increased domestic energy and agricultural prices by up to 20 times, making it the first … major oil-exporting country to reduce substantially implicit energy subsidies. This paper reviews the economic and technical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203528
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203535