Fiscal Policy with Heterogeneous Agents and Incomplete Markets

Jonathan Heathcote

Working Papers from Georgetown University, Department of Economics

Abstract: I undertake a quantitative investigation into the short run effects of changes in the timing of proportional income taxes for model economies in which heterogeneous households face a borrowing constraint. Temporary tax changes are found to have large real effects. In the benchmark model, a temporary tax increase reduces aggregate consumption on impact by around 29 cents for every additional dollar of tax revenue raised. Comparing the benchmark incomplete markets model to a complete markets economy, income tax cuts provide a larger boost to consumption and a smaller investment stimulus when asset markets are incomplete

JEL-codes: E62 H24 H31 H63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06-03
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