Bailing Out the People? : When Private Debt Becomes Public /

This paper documents a form of private sector bailout that is much more common (and yet unnoticed) than the typical bank bailout. Building on the newly-created Global Debt Database, we show that excess private debt systematically turns into higher public debt, regardless of whether the credit boom r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mbaye, Samba
Other Authors: Chae, Kyungla, Moreno Badia, Marialuz
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/141
Online Access:Full text available on IMF