Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Nominal and Indexed Debt /

This paper highlights the importance of debt composition in setting optimal fiscal and monetary policy over short-run business cycles and in the long run. Nominal debt as state-contingent debt can be a significant policy tool to reduce the volatility of distortionary government policy, thereby reduc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cosimano, Thomas
Other Authors: Gapen, Michael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/225
Online Access:Full text available on IMF