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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464011903321

Autore

Arezki Rabah

Titolo

Global imbalances and petrodollars [[electronic resource] /] / Rabah Arezki and Fuad Hasanov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009

ISBN

1-4623-7898-6

1-4527-2383-4

9786612843099

1-4518-7236-4

1-282-84309-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (27 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/89

Altri autori (Persone)

HasanovFuad <1978->

Disciplina

382.17

Soggetti

Financial crises

Regional economic disparities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Evolution of Current Account; II. The Global Imbalances Debate; III. Empirical Investigation; A. Stylized Facts; 2. Evolution of Oil Exporters' Current Account and Fiscal Balance: Twin Surpluses; 3. Evolution of Fiscal Balance; 4. NFA, Current Account, and Spending in Oil-Exporting Countries; B. Empirical Specification, Data, and Estimators; 5. Fiscal Balance, Revenues, and Spending in Oil-Exporting Countries; C. Estimation Results; Tables; 1. Current Account Estimations (1980-2007, Annual); D. Robustness

2. Current Account Estimations: Oil Exporters, GMM (1980-2007, Annual)3. Current Account Estimations (1980-2007, 4-year average); IV. Concluding Remarks; References; Appendices; I. Data Description and Sources; II. GMM Estimators; Appendix III Tables; A1. Current Account Estimations: Total Sample (With Outliers, 1980-2007, Annual); A2. Current Account Estimations: Oil Exporters, Pooled OLS (1980-2007, Annual); A3. Current Account Estimations: Oil Exporters, FE (1980-2007, Annual)

Sommario/riassunto

Oil exporters have run large current account surpluses. We explore oil



exporters' role in our understanding and the resolution of global imbalances. Current account dynamics are estimated for oil-exporting countries and the rest of the world. We find that fiscal policy has a much stronger effect on current account of oil exporters than on current account of other countries. The current account adjustment of oil-exporting countries is also faster than that of other countries. We conclude that a change in fiscal policy of oil exporters can have significant and speedy impact on global imbalances.