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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788521403321

Autore

Duttagupta Rupa

Titolo

Fiscal Discipline and Exchange Rate Regimes : : Evidence From the Caribbean / / Rupa Duttagupta, Guillermo Tolosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-9016-1

1-4519-8633-5

1-282-39212-3

9786613820556

1-4519-0913-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

TolosaGuillermo

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area - Econometric models

Foreign exchange rates - Caribbean Area - Econometric models

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Stabilization

Treasury Policy

International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

Fiscal Policy

Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

Currency

Foreign exchange

International economics

Exchange rate arrangements

Conventional peg

Fiscal stance

Fiscal policy

Monetary unions

Economic integration

Antigua and Barbuda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. FIXED EXCHANGE RATES, CURRENCY UNIONS, AND FISCAL DISCIPLINE""; ""III. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS""; ""IV. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper assesses the nature of fiscal discipline under alternative exchange rate regimes. First, it shows in a simple theoretical framework that fiscal agencies under a currency union with a fixed exchange rate can have the largest incentive to overspend or "free-ride" (compared to those under other exchange rate regimes) owing to their ability to spread the costs of overspending in terms of the inflation tax across both time-given the fixed exchange rate-and space-given the currency union. In contrast, such free-riding behavior does not arise under flexible regimes owing to the immediate inflationary impact of spending. Next, empirically, it shows that fiscal stances in countries with fixed pegs and currency unions regime demonstrate greater free-riding behavior than countries with more flexible regimes in 15 Caribbean countries during 1983-2004.