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Made in Mexico : energy reform and manufacturing growth
Alvarez, Jorge; Valencia, Fabian - 2015
This paper assesses the real effects of the energy reform in Mexico by looking at its impact on manufacturing output through changes in energy prices. Using sub-sector and state-level manufacturing output data, along with past variation in energy prices, we find electricity prices--relative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281920
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Power it up : strengthening the electricity sector to improve efficiency and support economic activity
Di Bella, Gabriel; Grigoli, Francesco - 2016
Poor performance of the electricity sector remains a drag to economic efficiency and a bottleneck to economic activity in many low-income countries. This paper proposes a number of models that account for different equilibria (some better, some worse) of the electricity sector. They show how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705680
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Political institutions, state building, and tax capacity : crossing the tipping point
Gaspar, Vítor; Jaramillo, Laura; Wingender, Philippe - 2016
this paper, we attempt via four case studies-Spain, China, Colombia, and Nigeria-to illustrate that the improvements in tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716283
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China's impacts on SSA through the lens of growth and exports
Mu, Yibin; Wang, Chu; Wu, Dong - 2017
The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781254
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Public investment scaling-up and debt sustainability : the case of energy sector investments in the Caribbean
El-Ashram, Ahmed - 2017
The question of how scaling up public investment could affect fiscal and debt sustainability is key for countries needing to fill infrastructure gaps and build resilience. This paper proposes a bottom-up approach to assess large public investments that are potentially self-financing and reflect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704885
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Modeling Macro-Critical Energy Sectors in Low-Income Countries : A General Framework and An Application to Côte D'Ivoire
Fabig, Holger - 2008
This paper proposes a general framework for monitoring macro-critical energy sectors in low-income countries, defined as consisting of the three subsectors of crude oil and natural gas production, refinery, and electricity production. It aims to derive consistent information on physical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401646
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Energy Sector Quasi-Fiscal Activities in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Tsyvinski, Aleh - 2002
A decade into the transition, many of the successor states of the former Soviet Union (FSU) continue to use energy sector quasi-fiscal activities (QFAs), especially low energy prices and the toleration of payment arrears, to provide large implicit and untargeted subsidies. These activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399703
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Evaluation of Taxes and Revenues From the Energy Sector in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Former Soviet Union Countries
Gray, Dale F. - 1998
This paper examines the level and structure of fiscal revenues from the Baltics, Russia, and other former Soviet Union countries’ (BRO) energy sector and suggests reforms in energy tax policy. Revenues from the oil and gas sectors are about half the level that might be expected from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399944
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Payment Arrears in the Gas and Electric Power Sectors of the Russian Federation and Ukraine
Gürgen, Emine - 1997
This paper discusses payments arrears in the Russian Federation and Ukraine, with emphasis on the gas and electric power sectors. Payments arrears, which were triggered primarily by the dislocations experienced during the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, have reached...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403291
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Energy subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean : stocktaking and policy challenges
Di Bella, Gabriel; Norton, Lawrence; Ntamatungiro, Joseph; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282784