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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Главный автор: Yakadina, Irina
Другие авторы: Kumhof, Michael
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/068
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF