Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18853 
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1214
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Preparations are underway to revise national accounting to implement actuarial recording of pension liabilities for corporations and government as an employer. This paper extends this to unfunded public pensions with the help of ?implicit tax? in pension contributions. The clearest advantages of the revision appear in situations where pension liabilities are shifted from the corporate sector to government, and where part of the public pension system is privatised. The proposed revision raises public debt and deficit to new orders of magnitude. The paper provides a framework for setting the debt and deficit targets under both current and proposed definitions.
Subjects: 
pensions
public debt and deficit
implicit debt
national accounts
JEL: 
H5
H6
H1
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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