Generational accounting around the world / / edited by Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Willi Leibfritz

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 534 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 339.5
• Soggetto topico: Finance, Public - Accounting; Generational accounting
• Altri autori: AuerbachAlan J KotlikoffLaurence J LeibfritzWilli
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy -- 2 The Methodology of Generational Accounting -- 3 Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium -- 4 An International Comparison of Generational Accounts -- 5 Argentina's Generational Accounts: Is the Convertibility Plan's Fiscal Policy Sustainable? -- 6 Generational Accounting in Australia -- 7 Generational Accounts for Belgium -- 8 Generational Accounting in Brazil -- 9 Canada: On the Road to Fiscal Balance -- 10 Public Debt, Welfare Reforms, and Intergenerational Distribution of Tax Burdens in Denmark -- 11 Generational Accounting for France -- 12 Unification and Aging in Germany: Who Pays and When? -- 13 Generational Accounts for Italy -- 14 Generational Accounts for the Netherlands -- 15 Generational Accounting in New Zealand -- 16 Generational Accounting and Depletable Natural Resources: The Case of Norway -- 17 Generational Accounts in Sweden -- 18 Thailand's Generational Accounts -- 19 Generational Accounting in Japan -- 20 Generational Accounting in Portugal -- 21 Generational Accounts for the United States: An Update -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The realities of mounting government debt, tax burdens, and an aging population raise serious concerns about the financial legacy confronting future generations. How great a fiscal burden will current policies leave to subsequent generations, and how might changes in those policies alter the intergenerational distribution of public welfare? Generational accounting has recently emerged as a robust new method of fiscal analysis and planning designed to assess the long-term sustainability of fiscal policy and to measure the extent of the financial load ultimately borne by present and future generations. A seminal contribution to public economics, generational accounting has already been adopted by 23 nations around the world. Combining the latest and most extensive country-by-country generational analyses with a comprehensive review of generational accounting's innovative methodology, these papers are a consummate resource for economists, political scientists, and policy makers concerned with fiscal health and responsibility.
• Titolo autorizzato: Generational accounting around the world
• ISBN: 9786611223076; 9781281223074; 1281223077; 9780226032184; 0226032183
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964995903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: National Bureau of Economic Research project report.