
Optimal Intertemporal Taxationon Consumption and the Term Structure of Government Debt »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 1988/115
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 December 1988
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451942729.001
ISBN: 9781451942729
Keywords: equation, taxation, equations, tax rates, budget constraint
This paper addresses the time-consistency problem of optimal policy when intertemporal prices are inflexible. For small, open economies facing given world interest rates, it shows that a consumption tax, rather tha...