Politically Optimal Fiscal Policy /

Why do governments issue large amounts of debt? In what sense and for whom is such a policy optimal? We show that twisting the optimal taxation paradigm produces very reasonable predictions for debt and real interest rates. Adding an extra dimension of uncertainty about the political planning horizo...

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Hlavní autor: Yakadina, Irina
Další autoři: Kumhof, Michael
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/068
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF