Fiscal Revenue, Inflationary Finance and Growth
Summary:
This paper analyzes the optimal rate of monetary expansion when government resorts to inflationary finance to generate additional investment for enhancing growth. If there are lags in tax collection, an increase in inflation erodes real fiscal revenue, thereby worsening the current balance while reducing government investment. This impedes capital accumulation as well as increases the welfare cost of inflation. As such, the optimal rate of monetary expansion, equilibrium capital-labor ratio and output are lower while the marginal cost of inflationary finance is higher than they would be without collection lags. Simulations are performed to highlight empirical implications.
Series:
Working Paper No. 1992/023
Subject:
Capital productivity Consumption Government debt management Inflation Monetary expansion Monetary policy National accounts Prices Production Public financial management (PFM)
English
Publication Date:
March 1, 1992
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451921069/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA0231992
Pages:
30
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