1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008969260403321

Titolo

Giornale italiano di dermatologia e sifilologia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Edizioni Minerva medica

ISSN

0367-4487

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970497403321

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

9786613820556

9781462390168

1462390161

9781451986334

1451986335

9781282392120

1282392123

9781451909135

1451909136

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Conventional peg

Currency

Economic integration

Exchange rate arrangements

Exports and Imports

Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Fiscal stance



Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

International economics

International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

Macroeconomics

Monetary unions

Public Finance

Stabilization

Treasury Policy

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.