Debt Reduction, Fiscal Adjustment, and Growth in Credit-Constrained Economies /

This paper assesses the effects of fiscal consolidations associated with public debt reduction on medium-term output growth during periods of private debt deleveraging. The analysis covers 107 countries and 79 episodes of public debt reduction driven by discretionary fiscal adjustments during 1980-2...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldacci, Emanuele
Other Authors: Gupta, Sanjeev, Mulas-Granados, Carlos
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/238
Online Access:Full text available on IMF