The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union : Would a Fiscal Insurance Mechanism Mitigate National Income Shocks? /
This paper studies the nature of the shocks affecting the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), and examines whether a hypothetical Eastern Caribbean fiscal insurance mechanism could insure member countries of the union against asymmetric national income shocks. The empirical results suggest that...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2012.
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| Colección: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2012/017 |
| Acceso en línea: | Full text available on IMF |
| Sumario: | This paper studies the nature of the shocks affecting the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), and examines whether a hypothetical Eastern Caribbean fiscal insurance mechanism could insure member countries of the union against asymmetric national income shocks. The empirical results suggest that a one dollar reduction in an ECCU member country's per capita personal income could trigger, through reduced income taxes and increased transfers, flows equivalent to about 7 percent of the initial income shock. Each member of the currency union could benefit as well, although the extent of shock mitigation differs across individual countries. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (23 pages) |
| Formato: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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