Government Debt : A Key Role in Financial Intermediation /

The literature on optimal fiscal policy finds that highly volatile real returns on government debt, for example through surprise inflation, have very low costs. However, policymakers are almost always very apprehensive of this option. The paper discusses evidence concerning features of developing co...

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Glavni avtor: Kumhof, Michael
Drugi avtorji: Tanner, Evan
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/057
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF