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American Economic Review: Vol. 91 No. 5 (December 2001)
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Is the Price Level Determined by the Needs of Fiscal Solvency?
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Canzoneri, Matthew B.,
Robert E. Cumby, and
Behzad T. Diba. 2001. "Is the Price Level Determined by the Needs of Fiscal Solvency?."
American Economic Review,
91(5): 1221-1238.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1221
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1221
Abstract
The fiscal theory of price determination suggests that if primary surpluses evolve independently of government debt, the equilibrium price level "jumps" to assure fiscal solvency. In this non-Ricardian regime, fiscal policy--not monetary policy--provides the nominal anchor. Alternatively, in a Ricardian regime, primary surpluses are expected to respond to debt in a way that assures fiscal solvency, and the price level is determined in conventional ways. This paper argues that Ricardian regimes are as theoretically plausible as non-Ricardian regimes, and provide a more plausible interpretation of certain aspects of the postwar U.S. data than do non-Ricardian regimes.
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Canzoneri, Matthew B. (Georgetown U)
Cumby, Robert E. (Georgetown U)
Diba, Behzad T. (Georgetown U)
Cumby, Robert E. (Georgetown U)
Diba, Behzad T. (Georgetown U)
JEL Classifications
E62: Fiscal Policy
E31: Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
E31: Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
