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Date stamping on the explosiveness of public debt: Evidence from the USA

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  • R Bhuyan
  • I Tarannum
  • N Hassan

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This paper examines the existence of explosive behaviours of public debt in the USA. Using the Supremum Augmented Dickey-Fuller (SADF) and Generalised SADF tests on data ranging from 1966 to 2018, we show that there is evidence of the beginning and end of several public debt explosiveness in the US. We observe that each explosiveness originates when the Backward Supremum Augmented Dickey-Fuller (BSADF) statistic exceeds its corresponding 95 per cent critical value and ends when its BSADF falls below that critical value. Further analysis shows that the explosive behaviours are dynamically positively correlated with trade openness and unemployment. The detected explosive debt suggests that fiscal sustainability is challenged and sound fiscal policies are absent. In order to keep on financing the costs of new debt issuance, government revenue sides are discussed.

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  • R Bhuyan & I Tarannum & N Hassan, 2021. "Date stamping on the explosiveness of public debt: Evidence from the USA," Economic Issues Journal Articles, Economic Issues, vol. 26(2), pages 57-71, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eis:articl:221bhuyan
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    Keywords

    Public debt; Explosiveness; Trade openness; Unemployment; SADF; GSADF;
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    JEL classification:

    • C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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