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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961253903321

Autore

Olters Jan-Peter

Titolo

Natural-Resource Depletion, Habit Formation, and Sustainable Fiscal Policy : : Lessons from Gabon / / Jan-Peter Olters, Daniel Leigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613820709

9781462363926

146236392X

9781452748122

1452748128

9781282392274

1282392271

9781451991130

1451991134

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (30 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

LeighDaniel

Soggetti

Natural resources - Gabon

Fiscal policy - Gabon

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Energy: Demand and Supply

Energy: General

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Investment & securities

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Oil prices

Oil

Oil, gas and mining taxes

Petroleum industry and trade

Prices

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Taxation

Gabon



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. BACKGROUND ""; ""III. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""IV. RESULTS AND SENSITIVITY TESTS""; ""V. EXTENSIONS""; ""VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

While models based on Friedman's (1957) permanent-income hypothesis can provide oilproducing countries with long-run fiscal targets, they usually abstract from short-run costs associated with consolidation. This paper proposes a model that takes such adjustment costs (or "habits") into account. Further operational realism is added by permitting differential interest rates on sovereign debt and financial assets. The approach is applied to Gabon, where oil reserves are expected to be exhausted in 30 years. The results suggest that Gabon's current fiscal-policy stance cannot be maintained, while the presence of habits justifies smoothing the bulk of the adjustment toward the sustainable level over three to five years.