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This paper estimates the effect of the shale oil and gas boom in the United States on local economic outcomes. The main source of exogenous variation to be explored is the location of previously unexplored shale deposits. These have become technologically recoverable through the use of hydraulic...
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This paper estimates the effect of the shale oil and gas boom in the United States on local economic outcomes. The main source of exogenous variation to be explored is the location of previously unexplored shale deposits. These have become technologically recoverable through the use of hydraulic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126197
We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...
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In countries where the political-economy incentives that governments face do not foster prudent revenue management, national revenue funds (NRFs) should not be used to impose optimal expenditure paths. In such countries, NRFs should instead be used as policy tools for re-aligning the diverging...
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This paper examines the impact of the availability of fiscal revenues from nonrenewable resources on other revenues of Latin American and Caribbean resource-exporting countries. It compares the performance of nonresource revenues in these countries to that in other countries in the region. The...
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capital-scarce resource exporter. I show that capital-scarce countries should still establish a Volatility Fund, but it should … a Volatility Fund quickly, then leave it alone; and iii) Invest to stabilise the real exchange rate.The remaining four … improve absorption, vi)Invest part of the Volatility Fund domestically; and vii) Support private investment. …
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capital-scarce resource exporter.  I show that capital-scarce countries should still establish a Volatility Fund, but it …) Build a Volatility Fund quickly, then leave it alone;  iii) Invest to stabilise the real exchange rate. The remaining four … improve absorption, vi) Invest part of the Volatility Fund domestically; and vii) Support private investment. …
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China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China’s efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety...
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The Chinese leadership in November 2013 determined to embark upon a new wave of comprehensive reforms in China. This is clearly reflected by the key decision of the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of Communist Party of China to assign the market a decisive role in allocating...
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China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on ChinaÕs efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011120273