Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND -- III. OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- IV. SIMULATION OF THE FISCAL REVENUE IMPACT OF TARIFF LIBERALIZATION -- V. SUMMARY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES.

The authors show that even when the exchange rate cannot be devalued, a small set of conventional fiscal policy instruments can robustly replicate the real allocations attained under a nominal exchange rate devaluation in a standard New Keynesian open economy environment. They perform the...