How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? /

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 supply costs plus a tax to reflect environmental damage and an additional tax applied to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coady, David
Other Authors: Parry, Ian, Sears, Louis, Shang, Baoping
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/105
Online Access:Full text available on IMF