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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Автор: Yakadina, Irina
Інші автори: Kumhof, Michael
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/068
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF