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DEFICIT FINANCE
Chapter 20
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How Big Is the Deficit?
Deficit
Surplus
On-budget deficit
Off-budget deficit
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How Big Is the Deficit?
Source: Congressional Budget Office [2012b]
20-3
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How Big Is the Debt?
National (Public) Debt
Stocks vs. Flows
20-4
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How Big Is the Debt?
Source: Congressional Budget Office [2012b]
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Interpreting Deficit, Surplus, and Debt Numbers
Government Debt held by the Federal Reserve Bank
State and Local Government
Effects of Inflation
Inflation tax
Capital versus Current Accounting
Tangible Assets
Implicit Obligations
Summing Up
20-6
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The Burden of the Debt
Statutory versus Economic Incidence
One Hand Borrows from the Other
Internal Debt
External Debt
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Overlapping Generations Model
The Period 2010-2030
Young Middle-Aged Old
(1) Income $12,000 $12,000 12,000
(2) Government Borrowing -6,000 -6,000
(3) Government- provided consumption 4,000 4,000 4,000
The Year 2030
Young Middle-Aged Old
(4) Government raises taxes to pay back debt -4,000 -4,000 -4,000
(5) Government pays back debt +6,000 +6,000
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Lerner – generation is everyone alive at same time
Alternative – generation is everyone born at the same time
Each generation has equal number of people
Each lives 20 years
Each has fixed income of $12,000/year
Internal debt creates burden for future generations
Overlapping Generations Model
Generational Accounting
Computation of Net Tax
PV of transfers received – PV of taxes paid
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OG model using generational accounting to evaluate impact of Government fiscal policies
Other Models
Neoclassical Model
Crowding Out Hypothesis
Empirical testing of the hypothesis
Ricardian Model
Intergenerational transfers
Form of Finance is irrelevant
Empirical evidence
20-10
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To Tax or To Borrow
Benefits-Received Principle
Intergenerational Equity
Efficiency Considerations
χ = ½εLt2
Deficits and Functional Finance
Functional finance
Moral and Political Considerations
Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
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