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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788526303321

Autore

Segura Vasi Alonso

Titolo

Management of Oil Wealth Under the Permanent Income Hypothesis : : The Case of São Tomé and Príncipe / / Alonso Segura Vasi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-4623-3668-X

1-4527-1179-8

1-282-53128-X

1-4519-8902-4

9786613821874

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Income - Sao Tome and Principe

Consumption (Economics) - Sao Tome and Principe

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

Taxation

Industries: Energy

Energy: General

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Macroeconomics: Production

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Saving

Wealth

Investment & securities

Public finance & taxation

Petroleum, oil & gas industries

Oil

Oil, gas and mining taxes

Oil production

Oil prices

Government consumption

Petroleum industry and trade

Consumption

Economics

São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 2006".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. GEOGRAPHICAL""; ""III. OIL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK""; ""IV. LICENSING""; ""V. FISCAL RULES""; ""VI. APPLICATION""; ""VII. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS""; ""VIII. SIMULATING PER CAPITA PIH""; ""IX. CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper documents the protracted process of shaping the rules governing oil operations in São Tomé and Príncipe. It analyzes the institutional framework for oil sector development, which applies Milton Friedman's permanent income hypothesis to the management of oil resources. São Tomé and Príncipe is the first country in Africa to adopt this rule. Finally, the paper offers a preliminary quantitative analysis of the impact of oil sector development on government consumption and savings. It shows that the country's oil wealth could be significant, which would enable sustainable government consumption and intergenerational equity through a gradual buildup of the Permanent Fund for Future Generations.