Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending : Theory and Evidence /

This paper shows that high energy subsidies and low public social spending can emerge as an equilibrium outcome of a political game between the elite and the middle-class when the provision of public goods is subject to bottlenecks, reflecting weak domestic institutions. We test this and other predi...

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Autore principale: Ebeke, Christian
Altri autori: Lonkeng Ngouana, Constant
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/101
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF