A Party without a Hangover? : On the Effects of U.S. Government Deficits /

This paper develops a 2-country New Keynesian overlapping generations model suitable for the joint evaluation of monetary and fiscal policies. We show that a permanent increase in U.S. government deficits raises the world real interest rate and significantly increases U.S. current account deficits,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laxton, Douglas
Other Authors: Kumhof, Michael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/202
Online Access:Full text available on IMF