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2013
DOI: 10.5089/9781484381991.001
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Fiscal Sustainability: A 21st Century Guide for the Perplexed

Abstract: This paper critically reviews recent work regarding the sustainability of public debt. It argues that Debt Sustainability Analyses (DSAs) should be more than mere mechanical simulation exercises. Instead, a DSA should be linked to some objective regarding the distribution of fiscal burdens and distortions over time (in the tradition of Barro's 1979 tax smoothing objective). The paper discusses objective functions that yield simple and transparent fiscal policy rules.

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“…61 See also Tanner (2013) who argues that sustainability analyses should be more than mere mechanical estimation exercises.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…61 See also Tanner (2013) who argues that sustainability analyses should be more than mere mechanical estimation exercises.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…20 For example, see Bernanke (2005) and Caballero (2006). In his extensive survey of the literature on fiscal sustainability, Tanner (2013) also concludes that the casual evidence suggesting governments can rely on r − g being negative absent financial repression is specious. 21 See also Mendoza and Ostry (2008), Ghosh et al (2011) and Mauro et al (2013).…”
Section: Privatizationmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Thus, the time constraint of the budget shows the government's inability to continue the game of bonzi forever. Assuming Rashadh government, the behavior when borrowing is not the same Albonza financing but tends to pay off their debts on time periods in a row and therefore, the public debt of Seoul to zero in the future (Tanner, 2013).…”
Section: Sustainability Of Debt In the Context Of Budget Constraintmentioning
confidence: 99%