Fraud deterrence in dynamic Mirrleesian economies

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Monetary Economics
Year: 2013
Volume: 60
Issue: 2
Pages: 139-151

Authors (2)

Armenter, Roc (Federal Reserve Bank of Philad...) Mertens, Thomas M. (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Insurance schemes rely on legal consequences to deter fraud and tax evasion. This observation guides us to introduce random state verification in a dynamic economy with private information. With some probability, an agent's skill becomes known to the planner who prescribes punishments to misreporting agents. Deferring consumption can ease the provision of incentives creating a motive for subsidizing savings. In an infinite horizon economy, the constrained-efficient allocation converges to high consumption, full insurance, and no labor distortions for any positive probability of state verification.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:moneco:v:60:y:2013:i:2:p:139-151
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24