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Fair intergenerational utilitarianism : risk, its resolution over time, and discounting
Piacquadio, Paolo Giovanni - 2014
The paper reexamines the welfare economics of intergenerational risk. Risk and its resolution over time are modeled as a decision tree: in each period, the consumption of the current one-period living generation is to be traded-off against uncertain benefits of future generations; as time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467848
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The malleability of undiscounted utilitarianism as a criterion of intergenerational justice
Asheim, Geir B.; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2000
Undiscounted utilitarianism as a criterion of intergeneration justice has been questioned for different reasons: It has been argued (1) that any complete ordering of allocations with an infinite number of generations guaranteeing an optimal allocation must involve discounting, and (2) that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009780201
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Green national accounting for welfare and sustainability : a taxonomy of assumptions and results
Asheim, Geir B. - 2002
This paper summarizes assumptions made and results obtained in parts of the literature on welfare and sustainability … combinations. This taxonomy is used to organize results in welfare and sustainability accounting. The analysis illustrates how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514087
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To consolidate or not to consolidate? : a multi-step analysis to assess needed fiscal sustainability
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Jalles, João Tovar - 2022
specifically on their degree of success, notably in terms of fiscal sustainability. The "need" to consolidate is based on having a … primary balance above or below the debt-stabilizing primary balance (provided by the IMF's Debt Sustainability Analysis) for … each country. We then link the need for and the actual (historical) existence of fiscal adjustments to their sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938962
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The circular economy
Fullerton, Don - 2024
Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529224
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What do we really know about fiscal sustainability in the EU? : a panel data diagnostic
Afonso, António (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641707
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Political stability and fiscal policy : time series evidence for the Swiss federal level since 1849
Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2009
This paper explores the role of political stability on fiscal policy choices in a time-series analysis over 158 years on the Swiss federal level. We argue that the fiscal-commons problem of public finances is affected by the time-horizon of a finance minister. Arguably, the incentives for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854439
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Ageing and the welfare state : securing sustainability
Meier, Volker; Werding, Martin - 2010
with these issues. Still, some countries have made substantial progress in securing the long-term sustainability of their … ; welfare state ; public expenditure ; fiscal sustainability ; policy reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003928767
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Spend-and-tax adjustments and the sustainability of the government's intertemporal budget constraint
Legrenzi, Gabriella Deborah; Milas, Costas - 2010
We apply non-linear error-correction models to the empirical testing of the sustainability of the government … tax rate adjusts faster the farther away it is from the equilibrium. -- intertemporal budget constraint ; sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003936661
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The economic consequences of rising US government debt: privileges at risk
Bohn, Henning - 2010
The rapidly growing federal government debt has become a concern for policy makers and the public. Yet the U.S. government has seemingly unbounded access to credit at low interest rates. Historically, Treasury yields have been below the growth rate of the economy. The paper examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974641