Time consistent fiscal policies in a Ramsey economy

Cellini, Roberto ; Lambertini, Luca (2004) Time consistent fiscal policies in a Ramsey economy. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 26. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4768. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (522). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

This paper revisits a well-known case of optimal fiscal policy in a Ramsey model where consumer utility is defined over consumption and public goods. We show that normalising the size of the population to one eliminates the scope for active policy-making since the decentralised equilibrium coincides with social planning. Then, we modify the model to allow for a population of N > 1 agents, whereby restoring the role of the government as a policymaker. Both in the Stackelberg case and in the decentralised game, we prove that optimal fiscal policy and consumption are not only time consistent but also subgame perfect.

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Cellini, Roberto
Lambertini, Luca
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differential games, optimal control, fiscal policy
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2282-6483
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