Ricardian Equivalence and National Saving in the United States.

This paper examines the relative efficacy of cuts in government spending on goods and services and increases in taxation as tools for augmenting national saving--an issue related to Ricardian equivalence. The theoretical analysis shows little presumption in favor of spending cuts for this purpose an...

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Ente Autore: International Monetary Fund
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1988/096
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF