The Macroeconomic Effects of Natural Resource Extraction: Applications to Papua New Guinea

By Suman S Basu, Jan Gottschalk, Werner Schule, Nikhil Vellodi, Susan S. Yang

May 31, 2013

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Suman S Basu, Jan Gottschalk, Werner Schule, Nikhil Vellodi, and Susan S. Yang The Macroeconomic Effects of Natural Resource Extraction: Applications to Papua New Guinea, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed September 24, 2024

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Summary

To investigate the effects on Papua New Guinea’s economy of substantial liquified natural gas revenues arriving in 2015, we employ a model to examine the macroeconomic effects of a scalingup of natural resource windfall revenues and the implications for a variety of policy responses. The model is a multi-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model, and features components that allow for a detailed study of the effects of both fiscal and monetary policy in response to a positive shock to the mineral resource value of a country. The model contains tradable, non-tradable, and mining sectors, as well as an independent central bank and fiscal authority. We calibrate the model to the current economy of Papua New Guinea and run a suite of policy simulations. We find that macroeconomic effects from a resource boom typically associated with Dutch Disease effects such as a real appreciation and a fall in tradable sector production stem largely from the non-tradable component of government spending. The central bank can offset the real appreciation, but not without crowding out the private sector. A sovereign wealth fund (SWF), combined with a smooth capital spending path, entails the best means of dealing with macroeconomic volatility and maintaining a stable fiscal regime.

Subject: Consumption, Environment, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, National accounts, Natural resources, Public investment spending

Keywords: Africa, Consumption, DSGE models, Monetary policy, Monetary policy challenge, Monetary policy option, Monetary policy sector, Monetary policy stance, Natural resource, Natural resource revenue, Natural resources, Oil price shock, Papua New Guinea, Public investment spending, Reserve management policy, Resource revenue, Resource-rich developing countries, Revenue inflow, Spending choice, Spending profile, Transmission mechanism, WP

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37
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Working Paper No. 2013/138
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WPIEA2013138
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9781484321379
ISSN:

1018-5941

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