In this paper, we show that imposing linear penalties on inflation and income divergences to a common central bank could be an interesting solution to stabilization problems in a heterogeneous monetary Union. We find an “optimal contract†for monetary policy which enforces the optimal...

Cet article examine la relation entre le taux de croissance de la masse monétaire et l'accumulation du capital physique durant la dynamique transitoire d'un modèle de croissance endogène à deux secteurs (capital humain et capital physique) à la Lucas [1988]. Utilisant une fonction...

The forest still covers an important share of land area in many developing countries and represents an important source of revenue for governments. Another major contribution to government revenues comes from printing money, namely the seigniorage. Building on a simple theoretical model where...

We correct an error in [Greiner, A., Semmler, W., 2000. Endogenous growth, government debt and budgetary regimes. Journal of Macroeconomics 22, 363-384] concerning the effect of different debt rules on long term economic growth. We focus on Proposition 1 stating that, in some cases, using...

This paper proposes a theoretical growth model where seigniorage can be used to finance productive public spending, and show the existence of nonlinear effects between seigniorage and economic growth. Empirical evidence based on panel regression techniques provides some support for these...

This paper studies monetary and fiscal policies in an endogenous growth model with transaction costs. We show that the relation between long-run economic growth and both monetary and fiscal policies is subject to threshold effects, a result that gives account of a number of recent empirical...

We propose a simple growth model in which the influence of fiscal deficits on public investment depends upon the ratio between public debt and GDP. When the public debt ratio is small, raising fiscal deficits yields positive effects, since public consumption may negatively adjust to the extra...