This paper presents a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in which public spending is divided between public productive services and public consumption. A distinguishing feature of the model is the assumption that both components of public spending can be overused and, thus, congested by the private agents. We study the second-best dynamics of the model and prove that it is determinate. In addition, we show that, although there could be different outcomes for the second-best problem, the optimal second-best policy is unique. Finally, the relationship between congestion and the optimal second-best policy, on the one hand, and congestion and the equilibrium growth rate, on the other, is established.
Growth, Congestion of Public Goods, and Second-Best Optimal Policy: a Dynamic Analysis / PIRAS R. - In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DEGLI ECONOMISTI. - ISSN 1593-8662. - X(2005), pp. 397-416.
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Titolo: | Growth, Congestion of Public Goods, and Second-Best Optimal Policy: a Dynamic Analysis |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2005 |
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Citazione: | Growth, Congestion of Public Goods, and Second-Best Optimal Policy: a Dynamic Analysis / PIRAS R. - In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DEGLI ECONOMISTI. - ISSN 1593-8662. - X(2005), pp. 397-416. |
Abstract: | This paper presents a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in which public spending is divided between public productive services and public consumption. A distinguishing feature of the model is the assumption that both components of public spending can be overused and, thus, congested by the private agents. We study the second-best dynamics of the model and prove that it is determinate. In addition, we show that, although there could be different outcomes for the second-best problem, the optimal second-best policy is unique. Finally, the relationship between congestion and the optimal second-best policy, on the one hand, and congestion and the equilibrium growth rate, on the other, is established. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11584/18620 |
Tipologia: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |