Dynamic Fiscal Policies and Endogenous Growth

Dynamic Fiscal Policies and Endogenous Growth

This paper studies the dynamic properties of an endogenous growth model in which government consumption and production services are financed by capital taxes. I generalize the existence and its stability property of commitment Ramsey equilibria when government spending is productive and taxation is distortionary. I then establish a sufficient condition for uniqueness of the (positive) balanced growth path and determinacy of transitional dynamics. The same sufficient condition ensures growth convergence in Barro-type endogenous fiscal policies. This modeling approach can be used by a large class of endogenous growth models which allow for market imperfections and optimal policies. In particular, a few implications for main results are discussed on economic integration.