A Note on Public Debt, Tax-Exempt Bonds, and Ponzi Games /

By issuing tax-exempt bonds, the government can incur debt and never pay back any principal or interest, even if the economy without public debt evolves on a dynamically efficient growth path. The welfare effects of such a Ponzi type borrowing scheme are mixed. The current young will unambiguously b...

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Egile nagusia: Wigger, Berthold
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/162
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF