Wealth effects of public debt in open economies

The paper studies the long-run effects of public debt accumulation on the capital stock and private sector wealth in a two country overlapping generations model. numerical simulation methods are used to solve the model. quantitative as well as qualitative effects depend critically on the size and op...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):IHS Publikation
Hauptverfasser: Jäger, Albert, Keuschnigg, Christian
Format: IHS Series NonPeerReviewed
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: institut fuer hoehere studien 1990
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Zusammenfassung:The paper studies the long-run effects of public debt accumulation on the capital stock and private sector wealth in a two country overlapping generations model. numerical simulation methods are used to solve the model. quantitative as well as qualitative effects depend critically on the size and openness of countries, the values of taste and technology parameters, and the type of tax employed to finance interest payments on newly incurred public debt.;