When there are credit market frictions, Ricardian equivalence may not hold because

A) consumers cannot understand the implications of the government budget constraint.
B) a tax cut in the present with a future increase in taxes works effectively like a loan.
C) an increase in government saving is matched one-for-one by a decrease in private saving.
D) social security is fully-funded.


B

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