Fiscal policy, fairness between generations, and national saving

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Barrell, Ray ^a   Weale, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Generational equality; National saving; Overlapping generations analysis

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FISCAL POLICY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MODELING; OECD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAVINGS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953390030     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq001     Document Type: Article

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