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Optimal Timing of Tax Policy in the Face of Projected Debt Increases

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This paper examines the optimal time path of the tax rate, in a model where an increasing ratio of government debt to GDP is projected in the absence of policy changes.

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  • Chris Ball & John Creedy & Grant Scobie, 2016. "Optimal Timing of Tax Policy in the Face of Projected Debt Increases," Treasury Working Paper Series 16/02, New Zealand Treasury.
    • Handle: RePEc:nzt:nztwps:16/02
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    Keywords

    Tax policy; Stochastic projections; Debt ratio;
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    JEL classification:

    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt

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