TY - BOOK ID - 84546452 TI - Islamic Republic of Iran : Selected Issues Paper. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2010 SN - 1455252093 1452710104 1283566605 1451996055 9786613879059 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Inflation KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - Industries: Energy KW - Investments: Energy KW - Energy: Demand and Supply KW - Prices KW - Price Level KW - Deflation KW - Energy and the Macroeconomy KW - Electric Utilities KW - Energy industries & utilities KW - Petroleum, oil & gas industries KW - Investment & securities KW - Energy prices KW - Energy pricing KW - Fuel prices KW - Energy sector KW - Expenditure KW - Electricity KW - Commodities KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Energy industries KW - Electric utilities KW - Iran, Islamic Republic of UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84546452 AB - This Selected Issues paper discusses the economics of energy price reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Economic policies in Iran have traditionally relied on the abundant availability of energy at a low price to finance the country’s economic development. Low domestic energy prices have resulted in excessive use of energy. Iran’s domestic energy use has been high by international standards, and energy demand growth has exceeded the rate of growth of per capita income, in contrast to the experience of the majority of low and high-income countries. ER -