Time consistency of fiscal and monetary policy
Subtitle: a solution
By: Mats Persson, Torsten Persson, Lars E.O. Svensson.
Contributors: Persson, Torsten.; Svensson, Lars E. O.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11088; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11088.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Fiscal policy -- Mathematical models.; Monetary policy -- Mathematical models.
Description: "This paper demonstrates how time consistency of the Ramsey policy - the optimal fiscal and monetary policy under commitment - can be achieved.  Each government should leave its successor with a unique maturity structure for the nominal and indexed debt, such that the marginal benefit of a surprise inflation exactly balances the marginal cost.  Unlike in earlier papers on the topic, the result holds for quite a general Ramsey policy, including timevarying polices with positive inflation and positive nominal interest rates.  We compare our results with those in Persson, Persson, and Svensson (1987), Calvo and Obstfeld (1990), and Alvarez, Kehoe, and Neumeyer (2004)"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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