The effectiveness of government debt and transfers as insurance

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-108

  Flodén, Martin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

E2; E6; H2; H6; Idiosyncratic risk; Public debt; Redistributive taxation; Social insurance; Welfare measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002798119     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(01)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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