programs. This paper analyzes how key subsidy reforms (in state aid to enterprises, agriculture, energy, and transportation …Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the … reforms in their economies. One of the most critical reforms was to reduce, and in some cases, eliminate their subsidy …

adverse impact of a combined food and oil price shock in 2008. Estimates of the impact based on household survey data and a …

counter a credit bust. This paper reports on a rare policy experiment where credit subsidies were used to buffer the impact of … cycles remains unsettled, it has been conjectured that credit subsidies may provide a particularly effective policy tool to … the global financial crisis on Serbia in 2009. Model simulations suggest that credit subsidies in Serbia helped to …

major oil-exporting country to reduce substantially implicit energy subsidies. This paper reviews the economic and technical …

subsidies, increased operations and maintenance expenditures, and a thorough environmental assessment of capital projects will …

This paper presents a general framework for characterizing the optimal pattern of subsidies for poverty alleviation … under budgetary constraints and suggests possible reforms for the existing pattern of subsidies. The government may …

The impact of higher petroleum prices on the aggregate price level, real growth, and income distribution is appraised … within a multisector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. A reduction in the government subsidy raises petroleum … will be the most significantly affected by the subsidy reduction. …