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. 2020 Aug 22;190:104260. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104260

Table 1.

Welfare losses, in percents.

Peak (p = argmax{ζt}t=0t=∞)
Lifetime (∞)
ζp ζpe ζpu ζpf ζp ζ ζe ζu ζf ζ ′
Passive gvt policies
 ↑ st - baseline 6.59 0.64 0.00 49.73 5.58 0.79 0.07 0.00 7.07 0.66
 ↑ st - perf. insurance 6.40 0.55 0.55 56.16 6.40 0.72 0.07 0.07 7.64 0.72
 ↓ ξt 2.61 0.33 0.00 25.78 2.61 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.50 0.05
 Half ↑ st+ half ↓ ξt 3.85 0.54 0.00 31.29 3.36 0.40 0.04 0.00 3.57 0.33
 ↑ st + ↓ κt 5.03 0.67 0.00 38.50 4.25 0.60 0.06 0.00 5.27 0.49
Raise gt
 ↑ st - baseline 5.13 −1.24 −1.46 51.08 4.16 0.70 −0.03 −0.08 7.11 0.57
Raise btr
 ↑ st - baseline 5.90 0.42 −5.36 51.63 5.30 0.76 0.06 −0.25 7.26 0.65

Note: the horizon of the peak, p, is case-specific.