Strategic Interactions between an Independent Central Bank and a Myopic Government with Government Debt /

We analyse optimal discretionary games between a benevolent central bank and a myopic government in a New Keynesian model. First, when lump-sum taxes are available and public debt is absent, we show that a Nash game results in too much government spending and excessively high interest rates, while f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stehn, Sven Jari
Other Authors: Vines, David
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/164
Online Access:Full text available on IMF