The Proposition That Financing Debt by Issuing Bonds Merely Postpones

question 12

Multiple Choice

The proposition that financing debt by issuing bonds merely postpones taxation and is therefore in many instances equivalent to current taxation is known as the

• A)balanced budget theorem
• B)rational expectations proposition
• C)Barro-Ricardo equivalence proposition
• D)Reagan theory of taxation
• E)none of the above

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