Intertemporal Discounting and Policy Selection
Garriga, Carlos (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Conesa, Juan Carlos (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Data: |
2013 |
Resum: |
The choice of the intertemporal discount rate affects the measurement of the tax burden of different age cohorts. Small changes in the discount rate affect not only the magnitude of the measured changes, but also the ranking of policies using that metric. The authors illustrate this problem in the context of neutral Social Security reforms. By construction, these policies do not change allocations; hence, they also do not change welfare. However, depending on the choice of the discount rate, one could reach different (and possibly opposite) conclusions regarding the desirability of such policies. |
Ajuts: |
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECO2012-32392
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Drets: |
Tots els drets reservats. |
Llengua: |
Anglès |
Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Matèria: |
United States ;
Fiscal policies ;
Generational imbalances |
Publicat a: |
Review. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Vol. 95 Núm. 2 (March/April 2013) , p. 165-179, ISSN 0014-9187 |
DOI: 10.20955/r.95.165-179
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