How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2015/105
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): David Coady , Ian Parry , Louis Sears , and Baoping Shang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 May 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513532196.001
ISBN: 9781513532196
Keywords: energy subsidies, efficient taxation, deadweight loss, revenue, subsidies, tax, vehicle, traffic, subsidy, Demand and Supply
This paper provides a comprehensive, updated picture of energy subsidies at the global and regional levels. It focuses on the broad notion of post-tax energy subsidies, which arise when consumer prices are below su...