What Are the Channels Through Which External Debt Affects Growth? /

This paper investigates the channels through which debt affects growth, specifically whether debt affects growth through factor accumulation or total factor productivity growth. It also tests for the presence of nonlinearities in the effects of debt on the different sources of growth. We use a large...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poirson, Helene
Other Authors: Pattillo, Catherine, Ricci, Luca
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/015
Online Access:Full text available on IMF