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Sustainability and Optimality of Public Debt [electronic resource] /by Michael Carlberg, Arne Hansen.

by Carlberg, Michael [author.]; Hansen, Arne [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 2013.Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.Description: XII, 212 p. 90 illus. online resource.ISBN: 9783642329678.Subject(s): Economics | Endogenous growth (Economics) | International economics | Finance | Economics/Management Science | Public Finance & Economics | Economic Growth | International Economics | Financial EconomicsDDC classification: 336 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- A Brief Survey of the Literature -- The Closed Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Infinite Horizon -- The Small Open Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Two Countries: The Solow Model -- Synopsis -- Conclusion -- Result.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book studies the sustainability and optimality of public debt under different scenarios: the closed economy, the small open economy, and a two-country setting. Sustainability refers to the existence and the stability of the long-run equilibrium. Optimality relates to the path of public debt that maximizes discounted utility. The analysis is conducted within the framework of the Solow model, the overlapping generations model and the infinite horizon model. The government can follow different strategies, it either fixes the deficit ratio or the tax rate. As a result, a fixed deficit ratio generally can be sustained. By contrast, a fixed tax rate generally cannot be sustained. Depending on the chosen fiscal strategy, there exists either an optimal deficit ratio or an optimal tax rate that maximizes the sum of consumption and government purchases per capita.
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Introduction -- A Brief Survey of the Literature -- The Closed Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Infinite Horizon -- The Small Open Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Two Countries: The Solow Model -- Synopsis -- Conclusion -- Result.

This book studies the sustainability and optimality of public debt under different scenarios: the closed economy, the small open economy, and a two-country setting. Sustainability refers to the existence and the stability of the long-run equilibrium. Optimality relates to the path of public debt that maximizes discounted utility. The analysis is conducted within the framework of the Solow model, the overlapping generations model and the infinite horizon model. The government can follow different strategies, it either fixes the deficit ratio or the tax rate. As a result, a fixed deficit ratio generally can be sustained. By contrast, a fixed tax rate generally cannot be sustained. Depending on the chosen fiscal strategy, there exists either an optimal deficit ratio or an optimal tax rate that maximizes the sum of consumption and government purchases per capita.

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