Oil Revenue Assignments : Country Experiences and Issues »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2002/203
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Eric Mottu , and Ehtisham Ahmad
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451874464.001
ISBN: 9781451874464
Keywords: Oil revenue, tax assignment, revenue sharing, oil-producing countries, Russia, subnational governments, fiscal federalism, decentralization, taxation, Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy,
Based on country experiences, the paper assesses policy options to assign oil revenues to subnational governments (SNGs). The literature recommends that oil revenues be centralized. Given political economy consider...