Commodity Price Shocks and Fiscal Outcomes /

The experience of developing countries over 1990-2010 indicates that commodity prices have a significant impact on fiscal outcomes. Both revenue and expenditure rise in response to commodity (import or export) price increases; the response of the fiscal deficit is ambiguous. A floating exchange rate...

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Glavni avtor: Samake, Issouf
Drugi avtorji: Spatafora, Nikola
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/112
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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