Generational Accounting around the World

Introduction 1(8) Alan J. Auerbach Laurence J. Kotlikoff Willi Leibfritz 1. From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy 9(22) Laurence J. Kotlikoff 2. The Methodology of Generational Accounting 31(12) Alan J. Auerbach Laurence J. Kotlikoff 3. Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium 43(30) Hans Fehr Laurence J. Kotlikoff 4. An International Comparison of Generational Accounts 73(30) Laurence J. Kotlikoff Willi Leibfritz 5. Argentina's Generational Accounts: Is the Convertibility Plan's Fiscal Policy Sustainable? 103(38) Marcelo F. Altamiranda 6. Generational Accounting in Australia 141(20) John Ablett 7. Generational Accounts for Belgium 161(16) Jean-Philippe Stijns 8. Generational Accounting in Brazil 177(22) Regina Villela Malvar 9. Canada: On the Road to Fiscal Balance 199(20) Philip Oreopoulos 10. Public Debt, Welfare Reforms, and Intergenerational Distribution of Tax Burdens in Denmark 219(20) Svend E. Hougaard Jensen Bernd Raffelhuschen 11. Generational Accounting for France 239(38) Joaquim Levy Ousmane Dore 12. Unification and Aging in Germany: Who Pays and When? 277(22) Bernd Raffelhuschen Jan Walliser 13. Generational Accounts for Italy 299(26) Nicola Sartor 14. Generational Accounts for the Netherlands 325(22) A. Lans Bovenberg Harry ter Rele 15. Generational Accounting in New Zealand 347(22) Bruce Baker 16. Generational Accounting and Depletable Natural Resources: The Case of Norway 369(28) Erling Steigum, Jr. Carl Gjersem 17. Generational Accounts in Sweden 397(16) Robert P. Hagemann Christoph John 18. Thailand's Generational Accounts 413(34) Nanak Kakwani Medhi Krongkaew 19. Generational Accounting in Japan 447(24) Noriyuki Takayama Yukinobu Kitamura Hiroshi Yoshida 20. Generational Accounting in Portugal 471(18) Alan J. Auerbach Jorge Braga de Macedo Jose Braz Laurence J. Kotlikoff Jan Walliser 21. Generational Accounts for the United States: An Update 489(30) Jagadeesh Gokhale Benjamin R. Page John R. Sturrock Contributors 519(4) Author Index 523(4) Subject Index 527