Ricardian equivalence

noun

Etymology

Proposed by economist David Ricardo in the early 19th century.

Definitions

  1. The idea that consumers are forward-looking and so internalize the government's budget…

    The idea that consumers are forward-looking and so internalize the government's budget constraint when making their consumption decisions, so that, for a given pattern of government spending, the method of financing such spending does not affect agents' consumption decisions, and thus does not change aggregate demand.

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