Growth : Now and Forever? /

Forecasters often predict continued rapid economic growth into the medium and long term for countries that have recently experienced strong growth. Using long-term forecasts of economic growth from the IMF/World Bank staff Debt Sustainability Analyses for a panel of countries, we show that the basel...

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Hovedforfatter: Ho, Giang
Andre forfattere: Mauro, Paolo
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/117
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF
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