02234cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013331 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475566949 2075-8669 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Coady, David. Automatic Fuel Pricing Mechanisms with Price Smoothing : Design, Implementation, and Fiscal Implications / David Coady, Javier Arze del Granado, Luc Eyraud, Anita Tuladhar. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (23 pages) Technical Notes and Manuals <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 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. Mode of access: Internet Arze del Granado, Javier. Eyraud, Luc. Tuladhar, Anita. Technical Notes and Manuals; Technical Notes and Manuals ; No. 2012/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/005/2012/003/005.2012.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library