01792cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002165 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451874464 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Mottu, Eric. Oil Revenue Assignments : Country Experiences and Issues / Eric Mottu, Ehtisham Ahmad. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (26 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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 considerations, this paper suggests that a possible alternative is to assign stable oil-tax bases to oil-producing SNGs, supplementing these with predictable transfers from the center. Although commonly used, oil revenue-sharing arrangements are the least preferable solution, as they complicate macroeconomic management and do not provide stable financing. Revenue sharing also does not diffuse separatist tendencies, since oil-producing SNGs would still be better off by keeping their oil revenues in full. Mode of access: Internet Ahmad, Ehtisham. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/203 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/203/001.2002.issue-203-en.xml IMF e-Library