Coutinho, Leonor; Georgiou, Dimitrios; Heracleous, Maria; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We provide evidence that fiscal policy in resource-rich countries is strongly procyclical. The empirical analysis reveals that on average real government consumption in these countries tends to significantly rise (fall) in good (bad) times. To control for endogeneity we use an instrumental...
