Paper #1905

Título:

Fiscal stagnation

Autores:

Luca Fornaro y Martin Wolf

Fecha:

Abril 2025

Resumen:

We study public debt sustainability in an economy with endogenous productivity growth. Our model has two key features: i) financing large primary surpluses entails fiscal distortions that depress investment and growth, ii) low growth increases the primary surpluses needed to stabilize the public debt-to-GDP ratio. Negative shocks to fundamentals or pessimistic animal spirits may drive the economy into a state of fiscal stagnation, characterized by high public debt, large fiscal distortions and low productivity growth. We discuss policy options to avoid/escape fiscal stagnation.

Palabras clave:

Fiscal Policy, Public Debt, Endogenous Productivity Growth, Stagnation, Investment.

Códigos JEL:

E22, E62, H63, O40.

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

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