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Generational Accounting and Intergenerational Welfare

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  • Raffelhuschen, Bernd
  • Risa, Alf Erling

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The authors investigate the intergenerational welfare implications of generational accounting when it is used as the basis for intertemporal fiscal policy decisions. In particular, they consider an economy with a PAYGO social security system out of steady state due to a permanent fall in fertility. In a highly stylized CGE overlapping generations model, the authors illustrate that policy recommendations based on a standard application of generational accounting may not be compatible with intertemporal welfare maximizations. Their model provides an example where such policies are either time inconsistent or welfare-decreasing. Copyright 1997 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Raffelhuschen, Bernd & Risa, Alf Erling, 1997. "Generational Accounting and Intergenerational Welfare," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 93(1-2), pages 149-163, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:93:y:1997:i:1-2:p:149-63
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    1. Holger Bonin & Joan Gil & Concepció Patxot, 2001. "Beyond the Toledo agreement: the intergenerational impact of the Spanish Pension Reform," Spanish Economic Review, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 3(2), pages 111-130.
    2. SHIMASAWA Manabu & OGURO Kazumasa, 2016. "Will Abenomics Save Future Generations?," Discussion papers 16100, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    3. Christian Hagist & Norbert Klusen & Andreas Plate & Bernd Raffelhüschen, 2005. "Social Health Insurance - the Major Driver of Unsustainable Fiscal Policy?," CESifo Working Paper Series 1574, CESifo.
    4. Svend E. Hougaard Jensen & Ulrik Nødgaard & Lars Haagen Pedersen, 2004. "Fiscal Sustainability and Generational Burden Sharing in Denmark," DREAM Working Paper Series 200401, Danish Rational Economic Agents Model, DREAM.
    5. Holger Bonin & Concepció Patxot & Guadalupe Souto, 2014. "Cyclically‐Neutral Generational Accounting," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 35, pages 117-137, June.
    6. Poul Schou & Daniel le Maire & Steen Jørgensen, 2005. "Poor parents, rich children? - A hundred years of distribution," DREAM Working Paper Series 200501, Danish Rational Economic Agents Model, DREAM.
    7. Svend E.. Hougaard Jensen & Bernd Raffelhuschen & Willi Leibfritz, 1999. "Public Debt, Welfare Reforms, and Intergenerational Distribution of Tax Burdens in Denmark," NBER Chapters, in: Generational Accounting around the World, pages 219-238, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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