That Squeezing Feeling : The Interest Burden and Public Debt Stabilization /

The paper explores the extent to which the pressure of debt service on other spending items may push governments to embark on fiscal consolidation beyond what is strictly necessary to secure solvency. The empirical analysis identifies thresholds of interest bill indicators beyond which governments a...

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Auteur principal: Debrun, Xavier
Autres auteurs: Kinda, Tidiane
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/125
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF