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consumer support estimates in fact captures price gaps as market transfers to producers or consumers. Differences in subsidy … valuation arise from assumptions made to compensate for missing data and the scope of subsidy measurement. Having a common … countries and sectors, benchmarking pricing, and assessing subsidy policies. Subsidy measurement should not be viewed as a one …
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This paper provides novel evidence on the impact of changes in energy prices on manufacturing performance in two large developing economies-Indonesia and Mexico. It finds that unlike increases in electricity prices, which harm plants' performance, fuel price hikes result in higher productivity...
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This book is the first stocktaking of what the decarbonization of the world economy means for fossil fuel+ "dependent … and Cooperation in a Decarbonizing World identifies multiple strategies that fossil fuel+ "dependent countries can pursue …
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Fossil fuel importers can apply various climate and trade taxes to encourage fossil fuel-dependent countries to cooperate on climate mitigation, and fossil fuel-dependent countries can respond with alternative diversification and cooperation strategies. This paper runs macroeconomic model...
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This paper examines the role of monetary policy in fossil fuel exporters at different horizons. The main argument is that central banks in these economies need to look beyond the horizon of the business cycle. In the short run, (independent) monetary policy should flexibly target inflation. In...
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This book proposes a simple framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four …-income consumers. However, as they grow in size and political power, they become entrenched. Second, subsidy reform strategies vary … political capacities to implement difficult energy subsidy reforms. Fourth, improvements in social protection systems are often …
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electric vehicle market in China, by far the largest one in the world. The analysis is based on the most comprehensive data on …
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More than a decade of energy and transport subsidies have weakened Argentina's fiscal capacity. Following the 2001 crisis, public services tariffs were frozen in an attempt to offset the negative effects on households' real purchasing power. However, these subsidies steadily increased over the...
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to help poor farmers. This analysis of Malawi's huge Farmer Input Subsidy Program highlights a tension between these two …
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Population Census 2014. Second, the impact of the subsidy reforms is estimated by applying the price changes due to the reform to …
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