We construct an endogenous growth model with productive public capital and government debt, in which government debt is gradually adjusted to the target level. We examine how the governmentfs debt reductions affect the transitional dynamics and welfare of the economy. We show that fiscal...

We construct an endogenous growth model with productive public capital and government debts where government debts are gradually adjusted to target level. We examine how debt-reductions of the government affect the transitional dynamics and welfare of the economy. Fiscal consolidation has...

We construct a small open economy model of endogenous growth with public capital accumulation and examine how a debt policy rule under which the government gradually reduces its debt-GDP ratio to a target level affects macroeconomic stability, fiscal sustainability, and welfare. We obtain the...