DP14680 The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level with a Bubble

Author(s):	Markus K Brunnermeier, Sebastian Merkel, Yuliy Sannikov
Publication Date:	April 2020
Keyword(s):	Fiscal policy, Monetary Economics
JEL(s):	E44, E52, E63
Programme Areas:	Monetary Economics and Fluctuations
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This paper incorporates a bubble term in the standard FTPL equation to explain why countries with persistently negative primary surpluses can have a positively valued currency and low inflation. It also provides an example with closed-form solutions in which idiosyncratic risk on capital returns depresses the interest rate on government bonds below the economy's growth rate.