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The Effectiveness of Government Debt and Transfers as Insurance

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Floden, Martin () (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics)

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Government debt and redistributive taxation can help people to smooth consumption when facing uninsurable individual specific risk. I examine the effects that variations in public debt and transfers have on risk sharing, efficiency, and the distribution of resources. I find that risk sharing can be improved significantly by both debt and transfers, but that debt has adverse effects on equity. When used in isolation, debt will enhance welfare if transfers are lower than optimal. However, the beneficial effects of public debt vanish if transfers are used optimally.

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Paper provided by Stockholm School of Economics in its series Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance with number 377.

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Length: 36 pages
Date of creation: 15 Mar 2000
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Publication status: Published in Journal of Monetary Economics, 2001, pages 81-108.
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Keywords: redistributive taxation; public debt; idiosyncratic risk; fiscal policy; social insurance; welfare measures;

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E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General

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