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Pleasant Dreams or Nightmares, in the Public Debts Scenarios?

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Vortrag von Prof. Vito Tanzi former Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF and a former Undersecretary for Economy and Finance in the Italian Government

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  • Vito Tanzi, 2016. "Pleasant Dreams or Nightmares, in the Public Debts Scenarios?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 69(09), pages 27-35, May.
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    Öffentliche Schulden; Finanzpolitik;

    JEL classification:

    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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