Fiscal sustainability, volatility and oil wealth: A stochastic analysis of fiscal spending rules

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Authors
Publication date 2011
Series Tinbergen Institute discussion paper, TI 2011-068/2
Number of pages 31
Publisher Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract Whether fiscal policy is sustainable depends on a government's future revenue and expenditure streams, both of which are highly uncertain. In commodity-rich countries, this problem is intensified by unpredictable and volatile commodity prices. We show how spending rules for oil income and non-oil primary deficits interact and influence the stochastic distribution of future debt stocks and demonstrate the variance reducing impact of feedback rules for primary deficits in a case study of oil-and-gas exporter Azerbaijan.
Document type Working paper
Language English
Published at http://www.tinbergen.nl/ti-publications/discussion-papers.php?paper=1759
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