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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| Format: | Czasopismo |
| Język: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2007.
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| Seria: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2007/162 |
| Dostęp online: | Full text available on IMF |