A comparison of nominal and indexed debt under fiscal constraints

Ed Westerhout; R.M.W.J. Beetsma

doi:10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.12.006

A comparison of nominal and indexed debt under fiscal constraints

Ed Westerhout
, R.M.W.J. Beetsma

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Abstract

This paper makes a welfare comparison between the issuance of price-indexed and nominal public debt in the presence of fiscal constraints, viz. a debt constraint, a deficit constraint and a combination of both. Distortionary taxes or public consumption are regulated to avoid the violation of the relevant fiscal constraint(s). Under a debt constraint indexed debt is generally preferred, while under a deficit constraint the results are more mixed. Introducing inflation persistence and raising the maturity of the debt tend to increase the magnitude of the welfare differences between the two types of debt. Welfare differences are further affected by the degree to which public consumption and tax revenues are
indexed to actual versus structural nominal GDP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-194
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of International Money and Finance
Volume	91
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.12.006
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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Indexed debt
nominal debt

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