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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Strategy One: Macro-Finance approach<br />

Test based on prices and equilibrium relationships<br />

Check whether net returns r are equal across countries<br />

General finding - covered interest parity: obligations that are<br />

protected against fluctuations in inflation and exchange rates have the<br />

same returns across countries<br />

Diffi culties in generalization: many assets yield different returns,<br />

unexpected inflation, changes in currency exchange rates<br />

Need models with uncertainty, risk aversion to deal with other assets<br />

Diffi cult to implement this test for risky assets<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 102 / 142

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