Public finance in an overlapping generations economy

About this book

This book presents a theoretically based comprehensive analysis of the macroeconomic consequences of fiscal policy using the thorough exploration of a popular economic model: the overlapping generations growth model. Using a reader-friendly approach designed to provide a fresh outlook on theoretical and applied issues in public-sector economies, a wide range of important public finance issues are analyzed, including the effects of tax reform on dynamic efficiency, positive and normative effects of public spending, the impact of taxes on fixed assets and monetary holdings, sustainability of deficits, conflicts between the younger and older generations, and spillover effects of tax reform on the rest of the open-economy world. Analysis of recent developments in the field of public finance is added to this theoretical framework.