Optimal Timing of Tax Policy in the Face of Projected Debt Increases

Christopher Ball, John Creedy and Grant Scobie

No 16/02, Treasury Working Paper Series from New Zealand Treasury

Abstract: This paper examines the optimal time path of the tax rate, in a model where an increasing ratio of government debt to GDP is projected in the absence of policy changes.

Keywords: Tax policy; Stochastic projections; Debt ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H62 H63 H68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37
Date: 2016-06
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