Oil Wealth and Economic Behavior : Case of Venezuela 1966-1981.
A short-run macroeconomic model is estimated for Venezuela, in order to examine the hypothesis that the availability of oil resources may entail a confidence effect-on perceived future incomes-that influences the expenditure and portfolio behavior of economic agents. Such confidence effect is found...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1988.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1988/056 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | A short-run macroeconomic model is estimated for Venezuela, in order to examine the hypothesis that the availability of oil resources may entail a confidence effect-on perceived future incomes-that influences the expenditure and portfolio behavior of economic agents. Such confidence effect is found to be empirically significant. Model simulations reveal that the impact of oil price changes on the level and variability of money demand, balance of payments and inflation are significantly more pronounced in the presence of the confidence effect than in its absence. This has significant implictions for the size and structure of the needed policy interventions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |