Natural-resource depletion, habit formation, and sustainable fiscal policy : lessons from Gabon /

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") int...

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Main Authors: Leigh, Daniel (Author), Olters, Jan-Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2006
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/06/193.
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