The quest for subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region : a microsimulation approach to policy making /: a microsimulation approach to policy making. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paolo Verme, Abdelkrim Araar, editors.
• Editors: Verme, Paolo; Araar, Abdlekrim
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Overview; Background and Motivation for the Book; Structure of the Book; Products Considered; Data Overview; Summary of Simulations; SUBSIM as an Analytical Tool; Cross-Country Analyses; 1 Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Review; Introduction; A Brief History of Subsidies; What Triggered Reforms?; Who Reformed, When, How, and Why?; Islamic Republic of Iran: December 18, 2010; Yemen: 2010-2014; Jordan: November 13, 2012; Arab Republic of Egypt: July 5, 2014. Morocco: September 16, 2013-October 1, 2014Tunisia: 2012-14; Policy Options; Radical Versus Gradualist Approach; Compensation Versus Noncompensation; Public Information Versus No Information; Piecemeal Versus Wholesale Reforms; Poor Versus Middle Class; Energy Versus Food Subsidies Reforms; Direct Versus Indirect Effects; Political Timing of Reforms; Unfinished Business; A Success Story?; What Next?; Acknowledgements; Appendix; References; 2 A Comparative Analysis of Subsidies and Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region; Introduction; Data and Analytical Approach; Microdata. Baseline Prices and SubsidiesA Distributional Analysis of Subsidies; The Absolute Importance and Distribution of Subsidies; The Relative Importance and Distribution of Subsidies; A Policy Dilemma; Simulations of Subsidies Reforms; Welfare; Inequality; Government Budget; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Annex 2.1; Annex 2.2; References; Country Case Studies; 3 An Evaluation of the 2014 Subsidy Reforms in Morocco and a Simulation of Further Reforms; Introduction; The Evolution of Subsidies; Petroleum Products; Sugar and Cooking Oil; Wheat and Flour; Baseline Data. A Distributional Analysis of Subsidies (October 2014)Simulation of Subsidy Reforms; Evaluation of the 2014 Subsidy Reforms; Direct Effects; Indirect Effects; Complete Elimination of Subsidies; Direct Effects; Indirect Effects; The Political Economy of Reforms; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Annex 3.1: Major historical landmarks of Morocco's subsidy system; References; 4 The Socioeconomic Impacts of Energy Reform in Tunisia: A Simulation Approach; Introduction; Evolution of Energy Subsidies in Tunisia; Current Structure of Energy Subsidies in Tunisia; Structure of Residential Energy Prices. Estimating Energy SubsidiesSocioeconomic Profile of Energy Subsidies; Residential Consumption and Expenditures on Energy; Socioeconomic Distribution of Energy Subsidy Benefits; Simulating the Distributional Impacts of a Subsidy-Reducing Reform; A Methodological Note on Simulations; Spending and Consumption Impacts; Compensating Interventions to Energy Subsidy Reforms; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Electricity Tariff Structure for Low-Tension Residential Consumers (January 1, 2014); Appendix 2: Distribution of Monthly Electricity Consumption by Quintile.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.956; Economics; Subsidies -- Middle East; Subsidies -- Africa, North; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Subsidies; Economics; Economic Policy; Environmental Economics; Agricultural Economics; Political Economy; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Agribusiness; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Environmental economics; Agricultural science; Political economy; Management science; Economic policy; Environmental economics; Agricultural economics; Political economy; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Africa, North; Middle East; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319529264; 3319529269
• Related ISBNs: 9783319529257; 3319529250
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 23, 2017).
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