GTAP Resources: Resource Display
| GTAP Resource #5057 |
|---|
|
"Can fuel subsidy reforms in Egypt reduce budget deficit without harming the poor?" by Fathy, Ahmed, Khalid Siddig, Naglaa El-sodany, Asmaa Samieh, Amani Shahin and Noura Abdelwahab Abstract This paper assesses the economic implications of cutting down of petroleum subsidies in Egypt in 2012. A number of policy scenarios is simulated with a static CGE model and an updated SAM for the fiscal year 2012/13 that reflects disaggregated households sector, disaggregated enterprises disaggregated factors of production, disaggregated energy sectors and disaggregated food subsidies sectors. Results reveal that the Egyptian households witness welfare losses, should the petroleum subsidies be abolished, while the economy’s GDP increases. |
| Resource Details (Export Citation) | GTAP Keywords | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
- Dynamic modeling - Economic development - Domestic policy analysis - Africa (East) - Africa (North) |
| Attachments |
|---|
|
If you have trouble accessing any of the attachments below due to disability, please contact the authors listed above.
Public Access  GTAP Resource 5057 (948.2 KB) Replicated: 0 time(s)Restricted Access No documents have been attached. Special Instructions No instructions have been specified. |
| Comments (0 posted) |
|---|
|
You must log in before entering comments.
No comments have been posted. |
Last Modified: 9/15/2023 1:05:45 PM
