macroeconomic performance of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Taking a sample of 15 SIDS, the present study analyses …

countries. We argue that Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean (SIDSC) can be affected by issues such as their small …

, inconsistent with the bulk of the literature. We argue that this is not a surprising result for the Fiji Islands. Our central … argument focuses on two aspects of the Fijian economy: (1) the fact that actual output in Fiji has been around 50 per cent less … than potential output; thus, Fiji's actual output has not reached a threshold level at which oil prices can negatively …