Japanese government debt and sustainability of fiscal policy

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-433

  Doi, Takero ^a,b   Hoshi, Takeo ^b,c,d   Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi ^e  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TCER ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active policy; Debt to GDP ratio; Markov switching model; Minimum tax rate for fiscal sustainability; Passive policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955203257     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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