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The Costs to Different Generations of Policies That Close the Fiscal Gap: Working Paper 2015-10

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  • Felix Reichling
  • Shinichi Nishiyama

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This working paper analyzes five stylized changes in federal fiscal policy that would close a fiscal gap of 1.8 percent of GDP, and measures the costs that those policy changes would impose on different generations.

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  • Felix Reichling & Shinichi Nishiyama, 2015. "The Costs to Different Generations of Policies That Close the Fiscal Gap: Working Paper 2015-10," Working Papers 51097, Congressional Budget Office.
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    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General

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