Unintended Consequences : Spillovers from Nigeria's Fuel Pricing Policies to Its Neighbor /

This paper examines the constraints that negative externalities (i.e., smuggling from a large neighbor) impose on the application of automatic fuel price adjustment mechanisms. It is often recommended to establish an automatic price adjustment mechanism to reduce fuel subsidy expenditures, but this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mlachila, Montfort
Other Authors: Corvino, David, Ruggiero, Edgardo
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/017
Online Access:Full text available on IMF