The Design of Instruments For Government Finance in An Islamic Economy

Haque, Nadeem ul and Mirakhor, Abbas (1999): The Design of Instruments For Government Finance in An Islamic Economy. Published in: Islamic Economic Studies , Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1999): pp. 27-43.

Abstract

This paper attempts to present a viable approach for the design of an instrument of government finance (and monetary management) in an Islamic economy where conventional transactions based on an ex-ante promise of a risk-free rate of return are forbidden. Resources to finance government infrastructural and development projects can be mobilized through the issuance of a national participation paper (NPP) and this instrument can also serve as an instrument of monetary management. Various conceptional issues underpinning the introduction of such an instrument and methods of calculating a corresponding rate of return are discussed In principle, this approach has been accepted in Iran.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Government finance, monetary management, Islamic economy
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H6 - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt > H63 - Debt ; Debt Management ; Sovereign Debt; P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P43 - Public Economics ; Financial Economics

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