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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Auteur principal: Cosimano, Thomas
Autres auteurs: Gapen, Michael
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/225
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF