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Fiscal Positions in Latin America.

Fiscal performance in Latin America looks much improved this decade compared to the 1980s or 1990s. Is this a ""structural"" improvement or likely to be transitory? This paper answers this question by estimating the relationship between non-commodity revenue and the economic cycl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zettelmeyer, Jeromin
Otros Autores: Hollar, Ivanna Vladkova
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Colección:IMF Working Papers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction; Tables; 1. Latin America: Fiscal Developments; II. Methodology; A. Noncommodity Structural Revenue; B. Commodity Structural Revenue; C. Structural Balances; III. Results; A. Parameter Estimates and Statistical Tests; 2. Long-Run Income Elasticity of Central Government Tax Revenues; B. Structural Noncommodity Revenues; Figures; 1. Actual and Structural Noncommodity Revenues; C. Structural Commodity Revenues; D. Structural Primary Balances; 2. Actual and Structural Commodity Revenues; 3. Actual and Estimated Structural Primary Balances; IV. Conclusion; References.
  • Appendices1. Revenue Data and Changes in Tax Structure; 2. Output Gap Estimates; Appendix Tables; A1. LAC Countries: Filter-Based Output Gap Estimates for 2007; 3. Commodity Price Indices and Projections; A2. Commodity Export Shares; A3. Commodity Price Indices and Medium Term Projections.