Government Ponzi Games and Debt Dynamics Under Uncertainty /

We investigate the conditions for sustainability of debt roll-over schemes under uncertainty. In contrast with the requirements identified in recent research, we show that a necessary and sufficient condition for sustainability of such schemes is that the asymptotic interest rate on government debt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bartolini, Leonardo
Other Authors: Cottarelli, Carlo
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/126
Online Access:Full text available on IMF