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Intra-Generational Conflict: The Role of Balanced Budget Rules

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Niepelt, Dirk () (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University)

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A balanced budget requirement directly affects the intra-generational wealth distribution and influences the level of government spending. Both effects give rise to distributive conflicts that can explain why some groups support balanced budget rules while other groups in the same generation oppose them. Simulations suggest that such distributive conflicts are prevalent. I argue that intra-generational distributive conflicts offer a more convincing explanation for the observed partial support for balanced budget rules than alternative theories based on inter-generational conflict or efficiency considerations.

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Paper provided by Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies in its series Seminar Papers with number 722.

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Date of creation: 08 Jul 2003
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Publication status: Forthcoming in European Economic Review.
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Keywords: balanced budget rules; intra-generational conflict; government spending; wealth distribution;

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E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus

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