Optimal Fiscal Policy and Government Provision of Contingent Liabilities The Example of Government Loan and Deposit Guarantees

The optimal provision of loan guarantees or deposit insurance is examined in the context of an overlapping generations model. It is demonstrated that even in the face of a market imperfection that precludes diversification of the private sector’s loan portfolio to eliminate risk, full government gua...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1989
Series:IMF Working Papers
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653 |a Sovereign bonds 
653 |a Public Administration 
653 |a Wealth 
653 |a Banks 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Industries: Financial Services 
653 |a Financial institutions 
653 |a Saving 
653 |a Micro Finance Institutions 
653 |a Fiscal policy 
653 |a General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) 
653 |a Mortgages 
653 |a Investments: Bonds 
653 |a National accounts 
653 |a Loans 
653 |a Consumption; Economics 
653 |a Bonds 
653 |a Contingent liabilities 
653 |a Public Sector Accounting and Audits 
653 |a Consumption 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Public financial management (PFM) 
653 |a Macroeconomics: Consumption 
653 |a Investment & securities 
653 |a Public Finance 
653 |a Governmental Loans, Loan Guarantees, Credits, and Grants 
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520 |a The optimal provision of loan guarantees or deposit insurance is examined in the context of an overlapping generations model. It is demonstrated that even in the face of a market imperfection that precludes diversification of the private sector’s loan portfolio to eliminate risk, full government guarantee of private sector loans (or deposits) is suboptimal. The results of the paper suggest that although some degree of guarantee is appropriate, the design of such policies should be tempered to avoid an inefficient level of capital accumulation