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Social security as Markov equilibrium in OLG models: Clarifications and some new insights

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This paper studies the politico-economic sustainability of pay-as-you-go social security in OLG models under Markovian strategies as first studied by Forni (2005). Under logarithmic utility, the paper shows that equilibria with social security can only exist if the underlying economy is dynamically inefficient. The paper also derives the exact parametric conditions that allow for the existence of equilibria and shows that among all the admissible (arbitrary) constants that produce a Markov perfect equilibrium, the maximum constant in such set yields the only equilibrium that solves dynamic inefficiency.

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  • Lopez-Velasco, Armando R., 2022. "Social security as Markov equilibrium in OLG models: Clarifications and some new insights," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:217:y:2022:i:c:s0165176522002427
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110707
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    Keywords

    Social security; Political-economy model; Overlapping generations; Markov perfect; Golden rule; Dynamic inefficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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