Commodity Windfalls, Polarization, and Net Foreign Assets : Panel Data Evidenceon the Voracity Effect /

This paper examines the effect that windfalls from international commodity price booms have on net foreign assets in a panel of 145 countries during the period 1970-2007. The main finding is that windfalls from international commodity price booms lead to a significant increase in net foreign assets,...

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Auteur principal: Bruckner, Markus
Autres auteurs: Arezki, Rabah
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/209
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF