Description |
1 online resource (22 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
IMF working paper ; WP/12/247.
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IMF working paper ; no. 12/247.
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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." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Natural gas -- Prices -- Ukraine.
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Natural gas -- Prices. |
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Ukraine. |
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Natural gas. |
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Natural gas -- Economic aspects -- Ukraine.
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Natural gas -- Economic aspects. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Atoyan, Ruben (Ruben V.)
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ISBN |
9781475512908 electronic book |
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1475512902 electronic book |
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9781475512878 |
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9781475512885 |
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