Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-25 Thread Bill Lear
On Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 20:40:53 (-0800) Eugene Coyle writes: Why wouldn't the cheaper natural resource, as an input to the productive process, lower the cost of manufactured goods and make them MORE competitive with other nations? Exactly my question. As I understand it, the US has

RE: Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-25 Thread Davies, Daniel
the idea as actually laughable that it could be bad to strike oil. I'm showing my age, aren't I? dd -Original Message- From: Bill Lear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 February 2002 12:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:23185] Re: Re: Question about dutch disease On Sunday

RE: Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-25 Thread Devine, James
On Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 20:40:53 (-0800) Eugene Coyle writes: Why wouldn't the cheaper natural resource, as an input to the productive process, lower the cost of manufactured goods and make them MORE competitive with other nations? Bill Lear writes: Exactly my question. As I understand

Re: RE: Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-25 Thread Michael Perelman
They found nat. gas in the North Sea. On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 06:38:59AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: (BTW, I've never heard of Holland finding oil. Am I simply an ignorant schmuck (don't all say yes until you hear the alternative), or is it some other natuaral resource?) Jim Devine --

Re: Re: Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-25 Thread Michael Perelman
Who is they? You know the famous American question: what is our oil doing under their sand. On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 11:17:01PM -0800, ALI KADRI wrote: One person said if oil is so bad why don't they leave it in the ground -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-25 Thread Anthony D'Costa
the concept of dutch disease is routine in development economics. while the Dutch case is spepcific, the idea that sudden expansion of exports and for that matter mono-exports can have an immiserization effect on the local economy is plausible. More export revenue will lead to relative rise in

RE: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-24 Thread Devine, James
I'm not an international economist (nor do I play one on TV), but I understand that this is a version of the transfer problem. If a country receives big net transfers from overseas, this raises the value of the country's currency (assuming floating exchange rates), which in turn hurts exports,

Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-24 Thread Eugene Coyle
Why wouldn't the cheaper natural resource, as an input to the productive process, lower the cost of manufactured goods and make them MORE competitive with other nations? Further, the cheaper natural resource, to the extent it is a consumer commodity as well, e. g. home heating, reduces the

Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-24 Thread Michael Perelman
Supposdly, the Dutch boom caused resources to be drawn away from the manufacturing sector, making it less competitive. Some have drawn parallels with the influx of gold to Spain from L. America. On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 08:40:53PM -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote: Why wouldn't the cheaper natural

Re: Re: Re: Question about dutch disease

2002-02-24 Thread ALI KADRI
This begs the question: do the Gulf states exhibit a Dutch disease syndrome? 1 they had no manufacturing sector to begin with. 2 they continued to import nearly all consumer goods and export a single product 3 Saudi Arabia (the biggest)also has a huge debt. I have seen some argue that the Gulf