MARC Record from University of Toronto

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100 1 $aKpodar, Kangni.
245 10 $aDistributional effects of oil price changes on household expenditures :$bevidence from Mali /$cprepared by Kangni Kapodar.
260 $a[Washington, D.C.] :$bInternational Monetary Fund, African Dept.,$c2006.
300 $a31 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
440 0 $aIMF working paper ;$vWP/06/91
500 $a"March 2006."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 27-28).
530 $aAlso available on the World Wide Web.
520 3 $aUsing 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, high income 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.
650 0 $aPetroleum products$xEconomic aspects$zMali$xEconometric models.
650 0 $aCost and standard of living$xEconomic aspects$zMali.
650 0 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xSubsidies$zMali.
710 2 $aInternational Monetary Fund.$bAfrican Dept.
856 41 $3Full text ;$zIssues from 1997- :$uhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/wp1%5Fsp.cfm
949 $aUN9..MF...6-2006I91$wLC$c1$i6053478-1001$lGOVPUBS$mDATAMAPGOV$rN$sY$tBOOK$u17/1/2007