Calculating Sustainable Non-mineral Balances as Benchmarks for Fiscal Policy : The Case of Botswana /

Assuming a social welfare function that smoothes expenditure, this paper calculates a sustainability benchmark for the non-mineral balance in Botswana that is based on a notion of a "permanent income" from non-renewable resources. It is derived by constructing a hypothetical annuity from r...

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Huvudupphovsman: Clausen, Jens
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/117
Länkar:Full text available on IMF
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