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Commodity Price Volatility and Tax Revenue : Evidence from Developing Countries
Ehrhart, Helene - 2016
.In this paper we assess the impact of commodity price volatility on tax revenues, while existing works were concentrated on … country-specific indices which measure the volatility of the international price of 41 commodities in the sectors of … agriculture, minerals and energy. We find robust evidence that tax revenues in developing countries are hurt by the volatility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007653
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Fracking Growth
Fetzer, Thiemo - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of the shale oil and gas boom in the United States on local economic outcomes. The main source of exogenous variation to be explored is the location of previously unexplored shale deposits. These have become technologically recoverable through the use of hydraulic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782160
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Fracking growth
Fetzer, Thiemo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of the shale oil and gas boom in the United States on local economic outcomes. The main source of exogenous variation to be explored is the location of previously unexplored shale deposits. These have become technologically recoverable through the use of hydraulic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126197
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Rentas petroleras, subsidios e impuestos a los combustibles en Colombia: ¿Qué ocurrió durante el choque reciente de precios?
Rincón, Hernán; Lozano, Ignacio; Ramos, Jorge - BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA - 2008
En el Marco Fiscal de Mediano Plazo de 2008 se afirma que buena parte de losrecursos provenientes del reciente choque petrolero se destinaron a la financiación delsubsidio a los combustibles. En este documento se contrasta esta afirmación mediante elcálculo del efecto del choque petrolero...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597692
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Rentas petroleras, subsidios e impuestos a los combustibles en Colombia: ¿Qué ocurrió durante el choque reciente de precios?
Rincón, Hernán; Lozano, Ignacio; Ramos, Jorge - Banco de la Republica de Colombia
En el Marco Fiscal de Mediano Plazo de 2008 se afirma que buena parte de los recursos provenientes del reciente choque petrolero se destinaron a la financiación del subsidio a los combustibles. En este documento se contrasta esta afirmación mediante el cálculo del efecto del choque petrolero...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005274529
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Is Norway's bird-in-hand stabilization fund prudent enough? : fiscal reactions to hydrocarbon windfalls and graying populations
Harding, Torfinn; van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2009
We estimate fiscal reaction functions for non-hydrocarbon tax and public spending shares of national income and for debt management strategies adopted by Norway and compare these with rules that would prevail under the permanent income hypothesis and bird-in-hand rule. We conclude that the...
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Climate vulnerability and government resource mobilization in developing countries
Tsopmo, Pierre Christian; Foudjo, Suzie Imelda; Elanga, … - 2022
There is substantial empirical literature on the impact of climate vulnerability on economic outcomes in developing countries. However, this literature is still weak on the impact of climate vulnerability on tax revenue mobilization. To enrich the existing literature, this paper aims to...
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An Analysis of Unconventional Gas Well Reporting under Pennsylvania's Act 13 of 2012
Gehman, Joel; Mastroianni, Diego; Grant, Angela; … - 2014
In response to growing concerns about the impact of shale gas development, Pennsylvania’s Act 13 of 2012 established an unconventional gas well fee and required the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to report on the number of such wells. In this article, we analyze the...
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Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil
Caselli, Francesco; Michaels, Guy - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008610984
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of...
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