The Fiscal Theory of The Price Level : A Critique  

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Buiter, Willem H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Economic Journal (EBSCO) vol. 112 no. 481 (2002), page 459-480.
Topik: fiscal; fiscal theory; price level; critique
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This paper argues that the 'fiscal theory of the price level' (FTPL) has feet of clay. The source of the problem is a fundamental economic misspecification. The FTPL confuses two key building blocks of a model of a market economy: budget constraints, which must be satisfied identically, and market clearing or equilibrium conditions. The FTPL asssumes that the government's intertemporal budget constraint needs to be satisfied only in equilibrium. This economic misspecification has far - reaching implications for the mathematical properties of the equilibria supported by models that impose the structure of the FTPL. It produces a rash of contradictions and anomalies.

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