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Author Becker, Torbjörn

Title Public debt management and bailouts / prepared by Torbjörn Becker
Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Department, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (23 pages)
Series IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/99/103
IMF working paper ; WP/99/103.
Summary This paper addresses how public debt should be managed to reduce the cost of private sector bailouts. It uses a tax smoothing model to show that bailouts affect the timing of government deficits and surpluses as well as the composition of public debt. In general, public debt managers will have to monitor the private sector's leverage and portfolio composition in order to design the tax smoothing policy. This contrasts with Ricardian models where households monitor the government's debt. The moral hazard aspect of defaults is also shown to be important in determining an optimal government debt strategy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-23)
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Subject Debts, Public.
Deficit financing.
Taxation.
Fiscal policy.
Taxes
taxing.
Debts, Public
Deficit financing
Fiscal policy
Taxation
Form Electronic book
Author International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
ISBN 1451898282
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