This paper analyzes four fiscal policy rules in a Stock-Flow Consistent model. The rules are: (i) government expenditures as a fixed proportion of GDP; (ii) government deficit as a fixed proportion of GDP; (iii) government debt as a fixed proportion of GDP; and (iv) a balanced budget. Next, the economic trends implied by each rule are analyzed, and they are all compared. Some of the main findings of the exercise can be summarized as follows: the a priori more expansionist (or less contractionist) rules present higher growth rates, ex post; there is an inverse relationship between government debt and firms' debt, with the former being higher under the first rule, and lower in the balanced budget rule, the opposite happening in the case of firms' debt. Finally, considering enterprises' profitability, we conclude that the best fiscal rule for firms is the first one, and, for the banking sector, not surprisingly, it is the balanced budget rule.
Crescimento econômico e distribuição de renda são assuntos debatidos na literatura, tanto nas tradições mainstream quanto heterodoxa. Outra preocupação são as crises financeiras. Pós-Keynesianos lidaram com o primeiro tópico empregando modelos kaleckianos de crescimento e distribuição de renda, e com o segundo via modelos de estoques e fluxos. O objetivo deste artigo é integrar as abordagens através de balanços financeiros macroeconômicos. Após essas estimações, construímos um modelo e aplicamos aos dados de países da OCDE. Nossos resultados ressaltam a capacidade do modelo de explicar alguns puzzles na literatura Kaleckiana. Por fim, apresentamos uma agenda de pesquisa.
The pension system serves as an important instrument to provide income for individuals who are incapacitated for work or achieve old age. Recently, Pension Systems worldwide have faced financial and actuarial difficulties, casting doubts about their sustainability. Arguably, the main reasons for the systemic unbalance are the ageing population and the structure of benefits. The present article investigates the impacts of these two variables by means of simulation exercises. Specifically, this paper aims to analyze how a rise in formality and an increase in labor productivity affect the results for the Brazilian Pension System (deficit or surplus), the participation of the benefits in total GDP and economic growth, based on a stock-flow consistent model (SFC). The results reveal that increasing formalization (i.e, rising the number of taxpayers) reduces the pension system deficit and boost economic growth. But the system deficit persists somewhat. Allowing for productivity growth improves the results.
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