Jointly optimal monetary and fiscal policy rules under borrowing constraints / prepared by Huizin Bi and Michael Kumhof.

We study the welfare properties of an economy where both monetary and fiscal policy follow simple rules, and where a subset of agents is borrowing constrained. The optimized fiscal rule is far more aggressive than automatic stabilizers, and stabilizes the income of borrowing constrained agents, rath...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Bi, Huixin (Author), Kumhof, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2009.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/09/286.
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