Boom-Bust Cycle, Asymmetrical Fiscal Response and the Dutch Disease /

We examine the behavior of expenditure policy during boom-bust in commodity price cycles, and its implication for real exchange rate movements. To do so, we introduce a Dutch disease model with downward rigidities in government spending to revenue shock. This model leads to a decoupling between real...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ismail, Kareem
Other Authors: Arezki, Rabah
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/094
Online Access:Full text available on IMF