Ricardian equivalence with wage-rate uncertainty

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Abstract

This paper examines Ricardian equivalence when the wage rate is uncertain and people choose their labor supply. The author reviews the model of Robert B. Barsky, Gregory Mankiw, and Stephen P. Zeldes (1986) and shows that their finding of a positive marginal propensity to consume out of a tax cut is due to the insurance aspect of distortionary taxation. Then the author explores the trade-off between this insurance aspect and labor-supply distortions in the context of a model similar to that of Barsky, Mankiw, and Zeldes but incorporating labor supply. Copyright 1996 by Ohio State University Press. (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Keywords

MODEL
COPYRIGHT
UNCERTAIN
INSURANCE
PRESS
LABOR SUPPLY
GREGORY
ITEM
RICARDIAN

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