Fiscal discipline and exchange rate regimes : evidence from the Caribbean / prepared by Rupa Duttagupta and Guillermo Tolosa.

This paper assesses the nature of fiscal discipline under alternative exchange rate regimes. First, it shows in a simple theoretical framework that fiscal agencies under a currency union with a fixed exchange rate can have the largest incentive to overspend or "free-ride" (compared to thos...

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Main Authors: Duttagupta, Rupa (Author), Tolosa, Guillermo (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Western Hemisphere Dept., 2006.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/06/119.
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