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Issues in Domestic Petroleum Pricing in Oil-Producing Countries

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  • Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
  • Mr. Benedict J. Clements
  • Mr. Kevin Fletcher
  • Ms. Gabriela Inchauste

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This paper discusses issues relating to the domestic pricing of petroleum in oil-producing countries. It finds that in most major oil-exporting countries, government policies keep domestic prices below free-market levels, resulting in implicit subsidies that equaled 3.0 percent of GDP, on average, in 1999. Moreover, the paper argues, these petroleum subsidies are inefficient and inequitable-entailing substantial opportunity costs in terms of forgone revenue or productive spending-and also procyclical, complicating macroeconomic management. Nonetheless, the elimination of petroleum subsidies is often politically difficult, although countervailing measures and publicity campaigns can help engender support for reform.

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  • Mr. Sanjeev Gupta & Mr. Benedict J. Clements & Mr. Kevin Fletcher & Ms. Gabriela Inchauste, 2002. "Issues in Domestic Petroleum Pricing in Oil-Producing Countries," IMF Working Papers 2002/140, International Monetary Fund.
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