Consider an economy of identical infinitely lived people. Suppose there is a tax cut in period 1

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Consider an economy of identical infinitely lived people. Suppose there is a tax cut in period 1 of d goods per person financed by long-term government debt that is never retired but pays the net real interest rate i = r - 1 in every period. Interest payments are financed by lump-sum taxes in each period.
a. Write the government budget constraints for period 1 and for periods t>2.
b. Demonstrate that this tax cut and bond issue will not alter the wealth of an infinitely lived person.
Σ' 1 - i t=0 or Σ 1- i t=1 for any constant į so that 0 <i<1. IM: IM:
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Modeling Monetary Economies

ISBN: 978-1107145221

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Authors: Bruce Champ, Scott Freeman, Joseph Haslag

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