Jointly Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy Rules under Borrowing Constraints /

We study the welfare properties of an economy where both monetary and fiscal policy follow simple rules, and where a subset of agents is borrowing constrained. The optimized fiscal rule is far more aggressive than automatic stabilizers, and stabilizes the income of borrowingconstrained agents, rathe...

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Autor principal: Kumhof, Michael
Outros Autores: Bi, Huixin
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/286
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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