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Automatic Fuel Pricing Mechanisms with Price Smoothing: Design, Implementation, and Fiscal Implications
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Mr. David Coady
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Mr. Javier Arze del Granado
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Luc Eyraud
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Ms. Anita Tuladhar
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Series:
Technical Notes and Manuals
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2012: Issue 003
Language:
English
Publication Date:
24 Jan 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475566949.005
ISBN:
9781475566949
ISSN:
2075-8669
Pages:
23
Keywords:
TNM; price; fuel price; price band; increase well; Petroleum products; price smoothing; fuel taxes; price series; price change; price structure; Inflation; Price adjustments; Fuel prices; Price structures; Fuel tax
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This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
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Many developing and emerging countries do not fully pass-through increases in international fuel prices to domestic retail prices, with adverse consequences for fuel tax revenues and tax volatility. The adoption of an automatic fuel pricing mechanism can help to address this problem, and the incorporation of a price smoothing mechanism can ensure pass-through over the medium term but also avoid sharp increases (and decreases) in domestic prices. This technical note addresses the following issues: (i) the design of an automatic fuel pricing mechanism; (ii) the incorporation of domestic price smoothing and resulting tradeoffs; (iii) the transition from ad hoc pricing adjustments to an automatic mechanism; and (iv) policies to support this transition and the maintenance of an automatic mechanism. A standardized template for simulating and evaluating the implications of alternative pricing mechanisms for price and fiscal volatility is available on request.
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