• Title of article

    Theory of tax smoothing in the small open economy

  • Author/Authors

    Lance A. Fisher، نويسنده , , Geoffrey H. Kingston، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    7
  • Abstract
    We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the martingale-like behavior of tax rates. The world real interest rate is exogenous to the small domestic economy. Consumers are risk averse and markets are incomplete. The governmentʹs loss function is not ad hoc.
  • Keywords
    Martingale , Small open economy , Incomplete markets , Ramsey problem
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435504