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Author Hitaj, Ermal, author

Title Fiscal discipline in WAEMU : rules, institutions, and markets / Ermal Hitaj and Yasin Kursat Onder
Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (29 pages)
Series IMF working paper ; WP/13/216
IMF working paper ; WP/13/216
Contents Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Market Discipline Reviewed; A. Literature Review; B. An Overview of the WAEMU Sovereign Debt Market; Tables; 1. WAEMU: Treasury Bills Issuance (billions of CFA francs); C. Empirical Model Specification; Figures; 1. WAEMU: Government Securities Emission (billions of CFA francs); D. Data and Estimation Results; 2. WAEMU: Baseline Results; III. Rules and Institutions: The EMU Experience and WAEMU; A. The EMU Experience; 2. Euro Area General Government Budget Deficit (percent of GDP); B. WAEMU and the EMU; IV. Discussion; V. Conclusion; References; Appendices
A. Tables and Figures3. WAEMU: Convergence Criteria; 4. Countries Receiving Debt Relief; 5. Descriptive Statistics; 3. External Debt-to-GNP Ratio and Debt Relief; 6. Alternative Specification: Basic Fiscal Balance; 4. Ratio of Multilateral Debt to Total External Debt; 5. Share of External Debt to Total Debt in WAEMU; B. Theoretical Model
Summary This paper gauges the scope for market discipline and the effectiveness of the regional surveillance framework in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The paper finds that the responsiveness of sovereign bond rates to governments' fiscal behavior in the regional financial market remains limited. In addition, the paper examines the effectiveness of fiscal rules and institutions in an environment where financial markets fall short of exerting a significant disciplining effect on governments
Notes Title from pdf title page (IMF.org Web site, viewed December 20, 2013)
"October 2013."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Union économique et monétaire ouest africaine
SUBJECT Union économique et monétaire ouest africaine fast
Subject Debts, Public -- Africa, West -- Econometric models
Government securities -- Africa, West -- Econometric models
Debts, Public -- Econometric models
Government securities -- Econometric models
West Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Onder, Yasin Kursat, author
International Monetary Fund, issuing body
ISBN 9781484398685
1484398688