Fiscal Policy Composition, Public Debt, and Economic Activity

Silvia Ardagna

Public Choice, 2001, vol. 109, issue 3-4, 25 pages

Abstract: This paper uses a dynamic general equilibrium model i) to investigate how changes to different spending and revenue items of the budget affect economic activity and public finance; and ii) to evaluate the welfare costs of alternative fiscal policy maneuvers. The paper shows that, unlike an increase in government purchases of final goods, an increase in public employment and transfers can have a contractionary effect on the economy in the same way as a rise in tax rates. It also suggests that fiscal adjustments implemented by cutting spending items increase households' welfare and are more effective in reducing the primary deficit and public debt than are increases in tax rates. Copyright 2001 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 2001
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