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Redistributive Tax Policy at the Zero Bound

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Generating consumer price inflation with an increasing path of consumption taxes when the nominal interest rate zero lower bond is binding and monetary policy becomes ineffective, as proposed by Correia et al. [1], may not neutralize a liquidity trap when liquidity is constrained. Instead, this paper shows that a redistributive tax policy may counteract a zero bound recession in liquidity constrained economies with no need to increase public spending and debt, with a fiscal prescription curiously opposite to the one proposed by Correia et al. [1].

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  • Lancastre, Manuel, 2017. "Redistributive Tax Policy at the Zero Bound," MPRA Paper 98947, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E40 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - General
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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