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Sustainability and Optimality of Public Debt
Carlberg, Michael; Hansen, Arne
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Description for Sustainability and Optimality of Public Debt
Hardback. Using the Solow model, the overlapping general generations model and the infinite horizons model, this book explores the sustainability and optimality of public debt under three scenarios: the closed economy, the small open economy, and a two-country setting. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCL; KFFD; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642329661
SKU
V9783642329661
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99-15
About Carlberg, Michael; Hansen, Arne
Michael Carlberg is Professor at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany. His research is on Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and International Economics. Arne Hansen is research assistant at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany. His research is on Economic Growth, Public Debt, and International Economics.
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