The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply

The article serves as a response to Nicola Rossi’s critique of the authors’ previous work on fiscal policy and national savings in Italy. The authors reaffirm their previous finding that deficits have indeed reduced national savings and in particular make two points. First, contrary to his assertion...

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Main Authors: F. MODIGLIANI, T. JAPPELLI, M. PAGANO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2013-10-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10848
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description The article serves as a response to Nicola Rossi’s critique of the authors’ previous work on fiscal policy and national savings in Italy. The authors reaffirm their previous finding that deficits have indeed reduced national savings and in particular make two points. First, contrary to his assertions, Rossi’s evidence is inconsistent with the Ricardian Equivalence Proposition. Second, this failure becomes even more apparent if one relies on the updated formulation and improved data underlying the more recent contribution of Modigliani and Jappelli (1987).   JEL: E31, E62
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spelling doaj.art-37ca8cbb9af9406d8c671ee5343991062023-02-03T16:47:04ZengAssociazione Economia civilePSL Quarterly Review2037-36352037-36432013-10-014216910.13133/2037-3643/10848The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A replyF. MODIGLIANIT. JAPPELLIM. PAGANOThe article serves as a response to Nicola Rossi’s critique of the authors’ previous work on fiscal policy and national savings in Italy. The authors reaffirm their previous finding that deficits have indeed reduced national savings and in particular make two points. First, contrary to his assertions, Rossi’s evidence is inconsistent with the Ricardian Equivalence Proposition. Second, this failure becomes even more apparent if one relies on the updated formulation and improved data underlying the more recent contribution of Modigliani and Jappelli (1987).   JEL: E31, E62 https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10848Italyfiscal policyinflationsavingsRicardian Equivalence Proposition
spellingShingle F. MODIGLIANI
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The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply
PSL Quarterly Review
Italy
fiscal policy
inflation
savings
Ricardian Equivalence Proposition
title The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply
title_full The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply
title_fullStr The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply
title_full_unstemmed The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply
title_short The impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving. A reply
title_sort impact of fiscal policy and inflation on national saving a reply
topic Italy
fiscal policy
inflation
savings
Ricardian Equivalence Proposition
url https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10848
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