Jiang, Zhengyang; Lustig, Hanno; Nieuwerburgh, Stijn Van; … - 2021
Governments face a trade-off between insuring bondholders and taxpayers. If the government fully insures bondholders by manufacturing risk-free zero-beta debt, then it cannot also insure taxpayers against permanent macroeconomic shocks over long horizons. Instead, taxpayers will pay more in...
