04576oam 22011894 450 991096122670332120250426110558.09781475512892147551289997814755128851475512880(CKB)2670000000278841(EBL)1607020(Au-PeEL)EBL1607020(CaPaEBR)ebr10627062(OCoLC)813461642(IMF)WPIEE2012247(IMF)WPIEA2012247(MiAaPQ)EBC1607020WPIEA2012247(EXLCZ)99267000000027884120020129d2012 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUkraine Gas Pricing Policy : Distributional Consequences of Tariff Increases /Pritha Mitra, Ruben Atoyan1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2012.1 online resource (24 p.)IMF Working PapersDescription based upon print version of record.9781475512878 1475512872 Includes bibliographical references.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; BibliographyUkraine’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 address the economic inefficiencies of the current pricing policy without large welfare costs to the lower income segments of the population.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2012/247Natural gasPricesUkraineNatural gasEconomic aspectsUkraineAggregate Factor Income DistributionimfConsumptionimfDeflationimfEconomicsimfExpenditureimfExpenditures, PublicimfIncomeimfInflationimfInternational Trade OrganizationsimfMacroeconomicsimfMacroeconomics: ConsumptionimfNational accountsimfNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralimfPrice elasticityimfPrice LevelimfPricesimfPublic finance & taxationimfPublic FinanceimfSavingimfTariffimfTariffsimfTaxationimfTaxesimfTrade PolicyimfWealthimfUkraineimfNatural gasPricesNatural gasEconomic aspectsAggregate Factor Income DistributionConsumptionDeflationEconomicsExpenditureExpenditures, PublicIncomeInflationInternational Trade OrganizationsMacroeconomicsMacroeconomics: ConsumptionNational accountsNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralPrice elasticityPrice LevelPricesPublic finance & taxationPublic FinanceSavingTariffTariffsTaxationTaxesTrade PolicyWealth300Mitra Pritha1815994Atoyan Ruben855108DcWaIMFBOOK9910961226703321Ukraine Gas Pricing Policy4371632UNINA