Paper #1781

Título:

The commitment benefit of consols in government debt management

Autores:

Davide Debortoli, Ricardo Nunes y Pierre Yared

Fecha:

Mayo 2021

Resumen:

We consider optimal government debt maturity in a deterministic economy in which the government can issue any arbitrary debt maturity structure and in which bond prices are a function of the government's current and future primary surpluses. The government sequentially chooses policy, taking into account how current choices-which impact future policy-feed back into current bond prices. We show that issuing consols constitutes the unique stationary optimal debt portfolio, as it boosts government credibility to future policy and reduces the debt financing costs.

Palabras clave:

Public debt, optimal taxation, fiscal policy

Códigos JEL:

H63, H21, E62

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

Publicado en:

American Economic Review: Insights, forthcoming

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