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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959028003321

Autore

Kumar Manmohan

Titolo

Fundamental Determinants of the Effects of Fiscal Policy / / Manmohan Kumar, Dennis Botman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613827876

9781462302390

1462302394

9781452720890

1452720894

9781283515429

1283515423

9781451908688

1451908687

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

BotmanDennis

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Econometric models

Economic policy - Econometric models

Banks and Banking

Consumption

Debt Management

Debt

Debts, Public

Economics

Finance

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Income tax

Interest rates

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Labor taxes

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

Public debt

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Real interest rates



Saving

Sovereign Debt

Taxation

Wealth

Welfare & benefit systems

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. KEY FEATURES OF THE GLOBAL FISCAL MODEL""; ""III. CALIBRATING THE MODEL""; ""IV. THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT DEBT""; ""V. GOVERNMENT SPENDING SHOCKS AND PRIVATE CONSUMPTION ""; ""VI. TAX DISTORTIONS AND THE BENEFITS OF TAX REFORM""; ""VII. THE EFFECTS OF PRIVATIZING RETIREMENT SAVING""; ""VIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

We explore the underlying determinants of the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy and tax and social security reform using the Global Fiscal Model (GFM). We show that the planning horizon of consumers, access to financial markets, and the elasticity of labor supply, as well as the characteristics of utility and production functions, and the degree of competition are all critical for determining the impact of fiscal policy. Four topical fiscal policy issues, for a representative large and small economy, are examined: the effects of changes in government debt; higher government spending; tax reform; and privatization of retirement savings.