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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960078003321

Autore

Araujo Juliana

Titolo

Fiscal Cycles in the Caribbean / / Juliana Araujo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612843716

9781462384020

1462384021

9781452712734

1452712735

9781451873054

1451873050

9781282843714

1282843710

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

339.46

Soggetti

Fiscal policy

Debt

Business cycles

Business Fluctuations

Climate

Cycles

Economic growth

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal stance

Global Warming

Macroeconomics

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Natural Disasters and Their Management

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue administration

Revenue

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General



Dominica

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. Public Sector Debt in Selected Emerging Market Countries, end-2008; II. Business Cycles; A. Descriptive Statistics; Tables; 1. Composition of Fiscal Accounts; B. Fiscal Policy; 2. Expected Correlation of Fiscal Variables and the Business Cycle; 3. Cyclicality of Fiscal Revenue by Type; 4. Correlation of Cyclical Component of Real Government Revenue and Real GDP; 5. Cyclicality of Fiscal Expenditure by Type; 2. Cyclical Component of Real GDP and Real Government Expenditure

6. Correlation of Cyclical Component of Real Primary Government Expenditure and Real GDP7. Cyclicality of Fiscal Balance; C. Financial Flows; 8. Correlation of Cyclical Component of Real Fiscal Balance and Real GDP; 9. Amplitude of Financial Flows; 10. Correlation of Cyclical Component of Real Capital Flows and Real GDP; 3. Cyclical Component of Real GDP and FDI-HP Filter; III. Disaster Cycles; IV. Election Cycles; 11. Transfer Flows in the Aftermath of a Disaster; 4. Election Cycles and Primary Balance; 5. Election Cycles and Primary Expenditure; V. Conclusion; Appendix Table; Election Dates

References

Sommario/riassunto

The sharp increase in debt in the Caribbean since the mid-1990s has focused attention on the conduct of fiscal policy in the region. This paper aims to diagnose how fiscal policy has behaved during this period by looking at three main cycles of the economy: the business, election, and natural disaster cycles. Our main findings suggest that fiscal policy has been mostly procyclical in the region, while disasters have been heavily "insured" by foreign transfers. The "when it rains, it pours" phenomena suggested by Kaminsky, Reinhart and Vegh (2004) seems to take place in the Caribbean.