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Index

A C
Ability-specific lump sum tax, 279 Central government, 8–10, 14, 21, 45, 186,
Ability-to-pay principle, 380 187, 190, 225, 303, 318, 358–360,
Accrual income, 231 363–365, 367, 377–388, 392, 394, 395,
Ad valorem tax, 221 397
Aggregate demand, 3, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, Centralized system, 364–365, 367
41–45, 47, 48, 50, 62–66, 85, 101, 130, Change of government, 342, 345–348
141, 142, 159, 374 Clarke tax, 314–316, 326
Aging Japan, 135, 179, 185–201 Classical view, 216–217
AK model, 114–115 Club goods, 296, 367, 368
Altruism, 87, 88, 92, 98, 99, 122 Cobb-Douglas utility function, 207–208,
Altruistic bequest motive, 88, 99, 119, 122, 214–216, 227, 242, 292, 307
127, 178 Commitment, 25, 50, 155, 156, 167, 284
Asymmetric information, 2, 170, 284 Commons, 296
Compensation policy, 144–145
Comprehensive income, 231–232
B Compulsory public pension, 172
Balanced-budget multiplier, 33–34, 37 Constrained maximization, 5–6
Balanced-budget policy, 34, 140–141 Consumer price, 7, 189, 221–223, 234, 240,
Barro’s neutrality, 82–86, 88, 89, 100, 178 241, 251, 252, 254, 255, 257
Benefit-to-pay principle, 312, 331, 378, 379 Consumption function, 29, 31, 34, 57, 62, 67,
Bentham judgment, 268, 269 74, 89, 128, 224–226
Bequest motive, 83, 99, 119, 122, Consumption tax, 24, 32, 194, 197, 198,
127, 178 221–224, 227, 231, 232, 234, 236, 239,
Bequests, 82–85, 87, 88, 98–100, 240, 242–250, 254, 256, 258, 259, 264,
118–127, 141, 175, 178, 192, 244, 265, 356–357, 380, 381, 386
249, 271 Convergence theorem, 338, 339
Biased Keynesian policy, 141 Corlett-Hague rule, 236
Big government, 331–333 Corporate tax, 216–220, 381
Bohn condition, 151, 152, 167 Cost-benefit analysis, 133–134
Budgetary formula, 10–12 Cost of capital, 60, 217–219, 374
Budgetary process, 1, 12–13 Counter-cyclical fiscal policy, 141, 145, 146
Built-in stabilizer, 21, 32, 37, 45, Credibility, 46, 283
47–49 Crowding-in, 38–39, 65, 283
Burden of debt, 4, 82, 92, 97–98, 183 Crowding out, 36–37, 40, 64, 65, 139, 283,
Burden of tax, 18, 87, 90, 144, 208, 222–224, 318, 349, 351, 354
227, 232, 337, 360 Current government, 63–67, 347, 348

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400 Index

D F
Debt neutrality, 16, 75, 78, 79, 82, 84–90, 92, Failure of government, 5, 329–331
97–100, 141, 159, 175, 176, 178, 244 Failure of private pension, 171
Decentralized system, 365–367, 390, 392 First best, 119, 122–123, 125–127, 145, 156,
Decentralized theorem, 366 159, 160, 162, 250, 253–254, 257,
Deficit-covering debt, 139 278–279, 298, 299, 350–352, 354, 355,
Defined-benefit (DB) system, 179–181, 189, 357, 363, 364, 374, 376, 387, 389–392,
191, 194 396, 397
Defined-contribution (DC) system, 179–181, First optimality theorem, 7
189, 191, 194 Fiscal bankruptcy, 141, 147–154
45-degree model, 29–30 Fiscal consolidation, 13, 16, 18, 22–25, 48,
Degree of optimal redistribution, 277 89–91, 139, 141, 146, 154–167,
Demography, 68, 131, 179, 183, 189, 191, 193 347–350, 354, 356, 357
Depreciation, 39, 42, 44, 92, 219–220 Fiscal decentralization, 363, 366, 383, 384
Differentiated linear tax, 281–282 Fiscal discipline, 140
Direct crowding out, 37–38, 67 Fiscal expansion, 32, 48, 63, 65
Discount rate, 108–110, 155, 179, 183, 215 Fiscal multiplier, 16, 30–32, 34, 35, 40, 43, 49,
Domar condition, 151, 167 65, 66
Double burden of transition, 181 Fiscal policy, v, 4, 29, 53, 79, 101, 140, 177,
Dual approach, 7–8, 236, 237, 252–253 337–342
Dynamic government budget constraint, 150, Fiscal privileges, 154, 155, 166, 167, 349–358,
153 360, 367
Dynamic inconsistency, 46 Fiscal year, 12–14
Dynamic optimization, 4–5 Fixed asset tax, 379, 380
Fixed exchange system, 39–40
Flexible exchange system, 41, 42
E Free rider problem, 2, 310–316, 326, 349, 364,
Economic constraint, 282–284 366
Educational investment model, 285, 289, 292 Fully funded system, 169, 181–182
Effective consumption, 66, 67, 69, 72 Fundamental equation of dynamic government
Efficacy of fiscal policy, 16, 38, 43–47, 79, 86 budget constraint, 150
Efficiency of taxation, 208–211 Fundamental equation of economic growth, 111
Elastic good, 235, 239 Future government, 46, 63, 147, 347, 348
Election, 24, 335, 337–341, 343–346, 348, 366
Endogenous growth model, 113–117, 119–122,
127 G
Enlarging the tax base, 242 General account budget, 9, 14
Equity, 3, 4, 18, 85, 99, 135, 139, 154, 155, Generational accounting, 97, 178
170, 172, 220, 232, 239, 267, 269, 270, Government budget constraint, 55, 70, 71, 78,
276, 279, 312, 383 79, 82, 84, 95, 96, 103, 116, 121, 143,
Equivalence theorem between consumption 145, 148–150, 153, 159, 160, 209, 237,
and labor income taxes, 244, 259 241, 251, 252, 254, 260, 274, 286, 318,
Evaluation of government spending, 68–70, 332, 349–352, 354, 368, 380
347 Government expenditure, 9, 14–15, 48, 69, 70,
Excess burden, 18, 87, 90, 142–144, 154, 72–74, 158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 165
209–211, 224, 227, 233–236, 238, 255,
276, 278, 337, 366, 381
Exchange rate, 21, 39, 41, 42, 44 H
Expectation, 12, 22, 31, 32, 37, 38, 65, 82, 89, Haig-Simons definition, 231
93, 132, 166, 170, 179, 191, 192, 196, Hard budget game, 389–393, 396, 397
197, 200, 224, 257, 270, 271, 283, 342, Harrod-Domar model, 101–102, 115
343, 345, 346, 372, 397 Heterogeneous households, 239, 250
Expenditure function, 8, 237, 253, 262, 353, Human capital, 3, 113, 114, 117–127, 215, 216,
355 248, 283
Expenditure tax, 232, 233, 242 Human capital effect, 215, 216, 248
Index 401

I Labor supply, 18, 56, 58–60, 62, 94, 101,


Immiserizing growth, 320, 325–326 114–116, 159, 184, 205–210, 214, 215,
Impact lag, 44 227, 229–230, 232–233, 237, 242–244,
Implementation lag, 43, 44 247, 250, 256, 259, 267, 271–276, 278,
Implicit separability, 257 284, 289, 292, 388
Impure public goods, 295–297, 312, 326, 329, Lagrange function, 5, 238, 253
331, 363 Legal commitments, 156
Incidence, 87, 97, 121, 220–224, 227, 245–247, Legal taxpayer, 221, 222
258, 259, 263, 265 Leisure, 58, 59, 205, 207, 208, 232, 236, 242,
Income effect, 59, 67, 68, 93, 166, 206–208, 250, 258, 272, 286
213–216, 224, 227, 245, 264, 265, 289, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), 24, 358, 360
304, 308, 323, 326, 331, 333, 374 Life cycle saving hypothesis, 211–213
Income inequality, 2, 117, 234, 239, 267–268, Lindahl equilibrium, 308–311
272, 273, 277, 281, 283, 310, 324, 331 Lindahl reaction function, 308, 309
Inelastic good, 235 Linear income tax, 102, 258, 272–274, 278,
Inequality and economic growth, 117–118 279, 281, 284–292, 380
Inhabitant tax, 379–380 LM curve, 34–36, 42, 63
Interest group, 24, 50, 135, 154–156, 166, 167, Local allocation tax, 9, 359, 360, 381,
187, 240, 330, 336–338, 349, 350, 384–386
358–360, 367 Local finance, 9, 363, 381
Interest tax, 214, 229–234 Local government, 5, 9, 45, 132, 186, 225, 249,
Intergenerational conflicts, 182, 185–191, 196, 296, 358, 363, 366
200 Local interest group, 47, 358–360
Intergenerational transfer, 92, 95–99, 118, 123, Local public debt, 9, 383–384
124, 126, 169, 173, 177, 178, 184 Local public goods, 296, 350, 351, 365–374,
Intergovernmental finance, 5, 9, 14, 303, 359, 376, 378, 379, 387, 389–392, 395
363–367, 383–385, 387, 397 Long-run growth rate, 101–102, 112, 113,
Intertemporal substitution effect, 59, 87 115–117
Inverse elasticity proposition, 235–236, 239 Lump sum tax, 46, 92, 95–98, 208–210,
IS curve, 34–36, 40–42, 63 233, 245, 247, 250–254, 256–265,
IS/LM model, 34–37, 39 279, 281, 299, 318, 368,
Isolation effect, 42 374, 378

J M
Japan’s fiscal management, 19–25 Macro IS balance, 159, 163, 166
Japan’s health care system, 185–186 Macroeconomic production function, 94, 101,
Japan’s public pension system, 188–189 105, 106, 110, 111, 114
Majority voting, 331, 333–335, 337
Marginal productivity of private investment,
K 103–106, 113
Keynesian 45-degree diagram, 31 Marginal productivity of public investment,
Keynesian effect, 49, 89–91 103–106, 113, 128, 129
Keynesian model, 16, 29–34, 45, 48, 58, 62, 63, Marginal propensity to consume, 29, 30, 40,
65, 66, 79, 90, 102, 111, 146 58, 65, 307
Kuznets hypothesis, 118 Marginal propensity to save, 30
Maximin criterion, 268, 275, 280, 290
Median voter theorem, 333–334, 338,
L 341, 360
Labor demand, 60–61, 189 Mobile tax base, 364, 371–372
Labor income tax, 18, 194, 198, 206–210, 227, Modified Ramsey rule, 255–258
229–234, 236, 242–248, 250, 252, 256, Monetary policy, 21, 22, 24, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45,
258, 264, 265, 281, 282 153, 157
402 Index

N Permanent level of fiscal variables, 53–57


Nash equilibrium approach, 302–308, 311, 319 Person-specific burden ratio, 308, 309
Nash reaction function, 304 Phase diagram, 161
National finance, 9, 131 Phillips curve, 341
Neoclassical macroeconomic model, 53, 58, 65 Pigouvian tax, 349–358
Neutrality theorem of public goods, 316–326 Pivotal agent, 314
Non-excludability, 2, 18, 295, 296, 310 Policymaker, 43–47, 320, 337, 341
Non-Keynesian effect, 49, 89–91, 141 Political business cycle, 340–342, 346
Nonlinear income tax, 258, 274, 278–282 Political effort, 166, 167, 349, 350, 353, 357
Non-rivalness, 2, 295, 296 Political party, 18, 337–342
Politician, 18, 24, 330, 337–341, 358, 366, 367,
388, 390
O Primary balance, 24, 147–150, 152, 158, 196,
Objective of parties, 337–338 197, 200
Okun law, 342 Primary deficit, 149–152
Optimal deficits, 158, 159, 161–167 Private Finance Initiative (PFI), 132, 133
Optimal growth model, 113–114 Private provision of public goods, 18, 166, 302,
Optimal marginal tax rate, 270, 276, 279–282, 303, 307, 318, 320, 349
285, 289, 290, 292 Privatization, 131, 132, 135, 182–184, 201
Optimal provision of local public goods, Producer price, 221–223, 234, 235, 240, 252
367–369 Progressive income tax, 3, 18, 49, 239,
Optimal provision of public goods, 298–302, 267–274, 379, 380
308, 310, 368 Public bads, 320–326
Optimal public investment, 104–110 Public debt, 4, 55, 77, 110, 139–140, 247, 340,
Optimal saving, 78, 93, 212, 213 383–384
Optimal size of government spending, 71 Public debt and public pension, 176–178
Optimal taxation, 2, 18, 116, 208, 211, Public debt issuance, 13, 16, 78, 79, 82, 84, 85,
233–240, 250–258, 267, 276–279, 281, 139–140, 148, 149, 176, 177, 348
282, 289, 332, 353, 356, 372, 375 Public goods, 2, 68, 145, 236, 274, 295–297,
Overlapping generations, 80–81, 88, 91–100, 329, 363
119–122, 127, 179, 192, 245, 247–248, Public investment, 1, 37, 101, 139, 159,
250–258, 281 358–361, 377
Overlapping tax base, 377, 392, 397 Public investment management, 49, 50,
130–135, 360–361
Public pension, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 85, 169–187,
P 189–201, 282
Paradoxical case, 275 Public pension reform, 179–182, 194
Paradox of voting, 334–335 Public-Private Partnership (PPP), 132, 133
Pareto optimality, 6–7, 300, 306, 315, 316 Public sector of Japan, 8
Pareto optimum, 6, 7, 298, 305, 309–312, Pure public goods, 2, 295–297, 302, 311, 317,
316, 325 326, 331, 350, 351, 354, 364, 369, 371
Partisan business cycle, 341–346, 361
Paternalism, 171–172
Pay-as-you-go system, 95, 169, 170, 172–177, R
179, 181–185, 188, 201 Ramsey rule, 18, 234–236, 239, 250, 255–258,
2004 Pension reform, 179, 181, 191, 200 375, 376
Perfect capital market, 42, 70, 86, 109, 178 Ramsey-Samuelson rule, 376
Perfect capital movement, 86 Rate of time preference, 56–58, 69, 108, 109,
Perfect equality, 3, 270–272, 292 113, 165, 213, 226, 249
Permanent disposable income, 57, 58, 63, 65, Rawls judgment, 268, 269, 275–276
66, 79, 82, 91, 99 Recognition lag, 43
Permanent expansion, 63, 65, 66 Redistribution, 2–3, 82, 117–118, 141,
Permanent income hypothesis, 57–59, 89 170–171, 267, 312, 330, 364
Index 403

Regional redistribution, 318, 365, 381–383 T


Regressive income tax, 273 Tax competition, 364, 371–377, 387
Resource allocation, 1–2, 7, 46, 104, 160, 298, Tax possibility curve, 274–275, 292
299, 383 Tax possibility frontier (TPF), 285–287,
Revenue-maximizing tax rate, 275, 276 289–292
Ricardian debt neutrality, 75, 79, 97, 176, Tax postponement effect, 259–263
178, 244 Tax rate, 24, 87, 102, 142, 194, 206, 229,
Rules vs. discretion, 45–47 270, 331, 372
Rural area, 21, 107, 129, 130, 186, 360, Tax reform, v, 2, 13, 18, 220, 241, 263,
367, 381, 383 278, 280
Tax revenue, 2, 31, 55, 78, 103, 139, 142,
144, 147–150, 153, 190, 208, 230,
S 274, 316, 332, 368
Samuelson rule, 18, 298–302, 305–307, 310, Tax smoothing hypothesis, 87, 142–144
369, 374, 376 Tax timing effect, 247, 256, 259, 261–264
Savings elasticity, 224–227 Temporary expansion, 63–64, 67
Second best, 254–258, 353, 374, 376, 378 Theory of public choice, 329–330
Second optimality theorem, 7 Tiebout model, 370
Selfish bequest motive, 88 Time consistency, 339, 375–377
Self-selection constraint, 279, 281, 282 Timing, 43, 87, 141, 245–248, 256, 259,
Shift of burden, 80–82, 221–222 261–265, 271, 341
Simulation analysis, 181, 191–201, 247–250,
264, 265
Simulation result, 193, 196–200, 250 U
Small government, 2, 21, 75, 330–331, 333, Uniform tax rate proposition, 236, 239
347 Unifying tax rates, 242
Small open economy, 387 Urban area, 21, 107, 129, 358, 381, 383
Social indifference curve, 268, 275, 276, 285, Utilitarian criterion, 268, 276
287–292
Social welfare function, 122, 240, 253, 268–269,
275, 280, 281, 284, 285, 287–290 V
Soft budget game, 387, 389, 393–397 Voting model, 18, 330–337
Soft budget problem, 377–378, 380, 381, 397 Voting with feet, 366, 369–371
Solow model, 110–111
Solvency condition, 70
Stabilization, 3–4, 21, 22, 32, 45, 47, 48, 50, W
140–142, 144, 157, 158, 380 Wage elasticity of labor supply, 211
Stigma, 284 Wealth effect, 71, 79, 81, 85
Streetlight game, 313, 314 Winning probability, 346
Substitutability between private consumption
and public spending, 66
Substitution effect, 18, 59, 67, 87, 93, 207, 208, Z
210–211, 213–216, 224, 234–236, 238, Zero capital movement, 42
248, 256, 259, 278 Zero crowding out, 36–37
Sustainability of fiscal management, 150, 341 Zero-tax nation, 146

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