Rethinking Fiscal Policy in Oil-Exporting Countries /

We examine the existing fiscal policy paradigm in commodity-exporting countries. First, we argue that its centerpiece-the permanent income hypothesis (PIH)-is not consistent with either intergenerational equity or long-term sustainability in the presence of uncertainty. Policies to achieve these goa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mirzoev, Tokhir
Other Authors: Zhu, Ling
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/108
Online Access:Full text available on IMF