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UNINA9910461993103321 |
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Autore |
Mitra Pritha <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Ukraine gas pricing policy [[electronic resource] ] : distributional consequences of tariff increases / / prepared by Pritha Mitra and Ruben Atoyan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC, : International Monetary Fund, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-4755-1289-9 |
1-4755-1288-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (24 p.) |
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Collana |
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IMF working paper ; ; 12/247 |
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Soggetti |
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Natural gas - Prices - Ukraine |
Natural gas - Economic aspects - Ukraine |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Abstract; Contents; A. Introduction; B. Stylized Facts: Economic Implications of Gas Sector Subsidies; C. Theory: Implications of Higher Gas and Heating Tariffs; D. Model; E. Results; F. Conclusions; Tables; 1. Summary Statistics; 2. Determinants of Heating Demand; 3. Determinants of Gas Demand; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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