Table 1.
Welfare losses, in percents.
| Peak (p = argmax{ζt}t=0t=∞) |
Lifetime (∞) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ζp | ζpe | ζpu | ζpf | ζp′ | ζ∞ | ζ ∞ e | ζ ∞ u | ζ ∞ f | 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.