How Does Trade Openness Influence Budget Deficits in Developing Countries? /

This paper analyzes the effects of trade openness on budget balances by distinguishing the effects of natural openness from those of trade-policy induced openness. Using the GMMsystem estimator, the econometric analysis focuses on 66 developing countries during 1974-98. The results show that trade o...

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Autor Principal: Combes, Jean-Louis
Outros autores: Saadi-Sedik, Tahsin
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/003
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF