Optimal tax and debt policy with endogenously imperfect creditworthiness

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-395

  Aizenman, Joshua ^a   Gavin, Michael ^b   Hausmann, Ricardo ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Warburg Dillon Read   (United States)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrowing constraints; Credit ceilings; Optimal tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039765504     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381900750056830     Document Type: Article

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