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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817456303321

Autore

Kpodar Kangni

Titolo

Distributional Effects of Oil Price Changeson Household Expenditures : : Evidence From Mali / / Kangni Kpodar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-0339-0

1-4527-0978-5

1-283-51338-2

9786613825834

1-4519-0886-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Cost and standard of living - Economic aspects - Mali

Petroleum industry and trade - Subsidies - Mali

Petroleum products - Economic aspects - Mali - Econometric models

Commodities

Deflation

Energy industries & utilities

Energy subsidies

Energy: Demand and Supply

Energy: General

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: Input-Output Tables and Analysis

Inflation

Investment & securities

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Oil prices

Oil

Petroleum industry and trade

Price Level

Prices

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Mali



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. HOW DOMESTIC OIL PRICES ARE LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL OIL PRICES CHANGES""; ""III. THE CONSEQUENCES OF RISING OIL PRICES FOR HOUSEHOLDS""; ""IV. RESULTS""; ""V. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""

Sommario/riassunto

Using an input-output approach, this paper assesses the distributional effects of a rise in various petroleum product prices in Mali. The results show that, although rising gasoline and diesel prices affect mainly nonpoor households, rising kerosene prices are most harmful to the poor. Overall, the impact of fuel prices on household budgets displays a U-shaped relationship with expenditure per capita. Regardless of the oil product considered, highincome households would benefit disproportionately from oil price subsidies. This suggests that a petroleum price subsidy is an ineffective mechanism for protecting the income of poor households compared with a targeted subsidy.