The purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of government solvency in OLG models with a given sequence of government expenditures. In our view, public debt is allowed if its level does not preclude the existence of a competitive equilibrium. We first consider the case where the...

This paper studies macroeconomic consequences of the development of pension funds, assuming they hold a significant share of capital assets. We assume that this concentration introduces imperfect competition, that lowers wages and increases capital return. We show that pension funds tend to...