This paper tries to extract certain indications about the validity of the ricardian equivalence as an approximation of the real performance of the Venezuelan economy based on the close relationship with the permanent income hypothesis. Using data for the period 1950-2010 and Koyck rationalized...

El presente artículo tiene como propósito realizar una breve descripción teórica sobre el presupuesto equilibrado y las alternativas que los países tienen para la asignación de recursos, dado que, en las economías modernas la regla del presupuesto equilibrado no funciona. En la primera...

I propose a new overlapping generations model, in which individuals face different income levels, life expectancies and borrowing constraints to study Ramsey optimal taxation. Contrary to previous contributions, I find that optimal capital income taxation generally differs from zero in the long...