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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Autor principal: Mbaye, Samba
Altres autors: Chae, Kyungla, Moreno Badia, Marialuz
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/141
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF