Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
This appendix describes the data sources and methodologies used for the estimation of subsidies for petroleum products, coal, natural gas, and electricity.
Pretax Subsidies...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
September
1986
ISBN: 9780939934645
Most studies of the income distributional effects of public policy fall within the category of “incidence analyses” of taxation and expenditure. They either analyze the effects of particular measures or, if...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Ruud Mooij
,
Michael Keen
, and
Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Key Messages for Policymakers
Without significant emissions mitigation actions, projected “likely” global atm...
Volume: 13
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
, and
Gaston Mpatswe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484379660.087
ISBN: 9781484379660
Senegal's growth has been sluggish in recent years with implications for poverty reduction. Average growth was relatively strong in 1995-2005 and accompanied by a large drop in poverty incidence. Due partly to a se...
Volume/Issue: 2015/15
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Aasim Husain
,
Rabah Arezki
,
Peter Breuer
,
Vikram Haksar
,
Thomas Helbling
,
Paulo Medas
, and
Martin Sommer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2015
ISBN: 9781513532417
The sharp drop in oil prices is one of the most important global economic developments over the past year. The SDN finds that (i) supply factors have played a somewhat larger role than demand factors in driving the...
Volume/Issue: 2012/252
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Manmohan Kumar
, and
Dennis Quinn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2012
ISBN: 9781557754752
This paper analyzes the extent to which the degree of international economic integration, both financial and trade, affects corporate tax rates. It explores this issue in the context of strategic behavior by countr...
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
ISBN: 9781513532196
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...
Volume/Issue: 2015/15
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Aasim Husain
,
Rabah Arezki
,
Peter Breuer
,
Vikram Haksar
,
Thomas Helbling
,
Paulo Medas
, and
Martin Sommer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513532417.006
ISBN: 9781513532417
The sharp drop in oil prices is one of the most important global economic developments over the past year. The SDN finds that (i) supply factors have played a somewhat larger role than demand factors in driving the...
Volume/Issue: 2016/254
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kangni Kpodar
, and
Chadi Abdallah
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
December
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475563221.001
ISBN: 9781475563221
This paper assesses the dynamic pass-through of crude oil price shocks to retail fuel prices using a novel database on monthly retail fuel prices for 162 countries. The impulse response functions suggest that on av...
Volume/Issue: 2006/253
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Natan Epstein
,
Selim Elekdag
, and
Marialuz Moreno Badia
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451865134.001
ISBN: 9781451865134
Fiscal consolidation has become an important policy prescription for many emerging market countries (EMCs), particularly for the highly indebted ones. Although prudent fiscal policies tend to reduce vulnerabilities...