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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 paper studies the macroeconomic implications of oil price shocks and the extant fuel subsidy regime for Nigeria … rate depreciates more in the short-run. Counterfactual simulations also reveal that fuel subsidy removal leads to higher …, this study cautions that a successful fuel subsidy reform must necessarily encompass the deployment of well-targeted safety …
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The recent calls for the revival of the Oil Price Stabilization Fund (OPSF) are tantamount to a call for a policy reversal, that is, reversal of the downstream oil industry deregulation that began in 1998. The history of the OPSF presents important lessons for policymakers. Petroleum price...
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