A model of endogenous fiscal deficits and delayed fiscal reforms:

This paper develops a political-economic model of fiscal policy one in which" government resources are a common property' out of which interest groups can finance" expenditures on their preferred items. This setup has striking macroeconomic implications." First, fiscal deficits a...

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1. Verfasser: Velasco, Andrés 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. 1997
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 6336
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Zusammenfassung:This paper develops a political-economic model of fiscal policy one in which" government resources are a common property' out of which interest groups can finance" expenditures on their preferred items. This setup has striking macroeconomic implications." First, fiscal deficits and debt accumulation occur even when there are no reasons for intertemporal smoothing. Second deficits can be eliminated through a fiscal reform, but such a reform may only take place after a" delay during which government debt is built up.
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