Current account determinants for oil-exporting countries [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by Hanan Morsy

• Autore: Morsy Hanan
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, DC], : International Monetary Fund, Middle East and Central Asia Dept., c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (15 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.378
• Soggetto topico: Balance of payments - Econometric models; Petroleum industry and trade - Econometric models
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "February 2009."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology and Variable Definitions; III. Estimation Results; Text Tables; 1. Current Account Regressions; IV. Sensitivity Analysis; 2. Robustness of Current Account Regressions Using GMM; V. Conclusion; References
• Sommario/riassunto: The paper aims at characterizing the main determinants of the medium-term current account balance for oil-exporting countries using dynamic panel estimation techniques. Previous studies included a very limited number of oil-exporting countries in their samples, raising concerns about the applicability of the estimated coefficients for oil countries. Furthermore, current approaches are not specifically tailored to oil-producing countries because they fail to capture the effects of oil wealth and the degree of maturity in oil production. This paper explores the underlying determinants of the cur
• Titolo autorizzato: Current account determinants for oil-exporting countries
• ISBN: 1-4623-9715-8; 1-4527-0568-2; 9786612842504; 1-4518-7175-9; 1-282-84250-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464061603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/28.