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Author Mitra, Pritha, 1974-

Title Ukraine gas pricing policy : distributional consequences of tariff increases / prepared by Pritha Mitra and Ruben Atoyan.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : International Monetary Fund, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (22 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series IMF working paper ; WP/12/247.
IMF working paper ; no. 12/247.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Ukraine's gas pricing policy subsidizes gas and heating for all households. As the cost of imported gas rises, this policy increasingly weighs on government finances, sustains energy over-consumption, dampens investment in delivery systems, and undermines incentives for domestic production. However, gas price hikes have been deferred to the medium-term as they are politically unpopular. Through estimation of household demand functions by income quintiles to evaluate the distributional consequences of tarrif reform, this paper finds that tariff reforms combined with targeted social support can address the economic inefficiencies of the current pricing policy without large welfare costs to the lower income segments of the population.
Note "October 2012."
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Subject Natural gas -- Prices -- Ukraine.
Natural gas -- Prices.
Ukraine.
Natural gas.
Natural gas -- Economic aspects -- Ukraine.
Natural gas -- Economic aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Atoyan, Ruben (Ruben V.)
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