With this paper our objective is to study the effects of different deficit policies in an endogenous growth model with publicly funded human capital accumulation and public debt, where we allow for heterogeneous households. Two types of households are considered. One household acquires human...

Staatsverschuldung ist eines der zentralen finanzpolitischen Themen der Gegenwart. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die im Rahmen der «Neuen Wachstumstheorie» vollzogenen modellkonzeptionellen Entwicklungen für die finanztheoretische Analyse dieses Themas fruchtbar zu machen. Dazu wird die...

We show that (i) dynamic inefficiency may be empirically relevant in a modified Diamond model with imperfect competition, (ii) if fiscal policy is used to avoid inefficiency and maintain an optimal capital intensity, the required debt ratio will be inversely related to the growth rate, and (iii)...