Cyclical fiscal rules for oil-exporting countries /

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Author / Creator:Snudden, Stephen, author.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/13/229
IMF working paper ; WP/13/229.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12502221
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ISBN:1306193850
9781306193856
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Summary:Structural budget-balance rules with countercyclical elements appear well suited to stabilize the macroeconomic volatility of oil-exporting countries and have been used successfully by other commodity exporters. Using a global DSGE model, the efficient design of such rules is found to depend on the source of oil price fluctuations and the oil exporters' structural characteristics. The output-inflation tradeoff is of particular concern for oil exporters relative to non-oil exporters due to the pass through of oil prices into headline inflation. Fiscal rules are best when coordinated with inflat.
Other form:Print version: 9781306193856