Fiscal policy in a stochastic model of endogenous growth

Fiscal and monetary policy in a basic endogenous growth model

We present a monetary endogenous growth model and analyze the effects of fiscal and monetary policy with real money as an argument in the utility function. We show that a balanced government budget gives a higher balanced growth rate and lower inflation than a situation with permanent public deficits. It also leads to higher welfare compared to a situation with permanent deficits where the gove...

Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Stochastic Growth Model*

Although most neoclassical growth models focus on competitive equilibria which are Pareto optimal and ignore the role of government, recent works by Romer [28,29], Judd [20], Baxter and King [S], and Bizer and Judd [7] have shown that government can be introduced into and suboptimal equilibria can be studied in these models as well. Their studies, however, are positive analyses of the effects o...

Composition of Government Spending, Optimal Fiscal Policy, and Endogenous Growth in the Economy of Iran

This paper investigates the optimal fiscal policy, pertaining to government spending, considering different productivity of public services in production function and its impact on the optimal tax rate, the optimal rate of government spending, and optimal economic growth rate. Using the VECM model for Iranian economy over 48 years, results show while the current expenditure has a positive and s...

Stochastic Pollution in an Endogenous Growth Model: Environmental Care and Optimal Fiscal Policy

This paper analyzes the impact of pollution and abatement policy within a stochastic endogenous growth model. The agents have environmental preferences, but they neglect their individual contribution to aggregate abatement. Therefore, environmental care is done by the government and financed via income taxation and government bonds. Equilibrium growth depends on environmental preferences, perce...

Fiscal policy and indeterminacy in models of endogenous growth