Autori
Correani, Luca
Di Dio, Fabio
Patrì, Stefano

Titolo
Optimal fiscal policy in a simple macroeconomic context
Periodico
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" - Dipartimento di metodi e modelli per l'economia il territorio e la finanza. Working papers
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 111 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 18

This article derives optimal fiscal rules within a stochastic model of Keynesian type in the context of Poole (1970) analysis. By using optimal control theory and applying the Hamilton-Jacoby-Bellman equation, we extend the original Poole results concerning the output stabilization properties of monetary policy to the case of fiscal policy. In particular, we look for the optimal setting of government expenditure and lump-sum taxation in the case that the fiscal authority wishes to keep the product close to a reference value and that the economy is assumed to be affected by stochastic disturbances of real and/or monetary type. According to the findings an optimal government expenditure rule is on average preferable to a taxation rule whatever the source of disturbances.




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