Debt stabilization in a non-Ricardian economy

In models with a representative infinitely lived household, modern versions of tax smoothing imply that the steady-state of government debt should follow a random walk. This is unlikely to be the case in OLG economies, where the equilibrium interest rate may differ from the policy-maker's rate...

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Main Authors: Wren-Lewis, S, Leith, C, Moldovan, I
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2011