Debt Policy and Economic Growth in a Small Open Economy Model with Productive Government Spending
Published By: ADBI on eSS | Published Date: April, 27 , 2010In this paper, the effects of introducing constraints on government borrowing have been examined by using a continuous-time overlapping generations model of a small open economy. Government placing constraints on the amount of government bonds have been considered outstanding by establishing an upper limit, or target level, for the ratio of government bonds to gross domestic product. First it is shown that there exist multiple steady states in the model small open economy. Next the target level for bonds affecting economic growth rates at the steady states is examined.
Author(s): Koichi Futagami, Takeo Hori, Ryoji Ohdoi | Posted on: May 27, 2010 | Views(1125) | Download (719)