The 90% Public Debt Threshold: The Rise and Fall of a Stylised Fact
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- Balẳ Égert, 2015. "The 90% public debt threshold: the rise and fall of a stylized fact," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(34-35), pages 3756-3770, July.
- Balázs Egert, 2013. "The 90% public debt threshold: The rise and fall of a stylised fact," Working Papers hal-04141189, HAL.
- Balazs Egert, 2013. "The 90% Public Debt Threshold: The Rise and Fall of a Stylised Fact," CESifo Working Paper Series 4242, CESifo.
- Balázs Égert, 2015. "The 90% public debt threshold: the rise and fall of a stylized fact," Post-Print hal-01386038, HAL.
- Balázs Égert, 2013. "The 90% public debt threshold: The rise and fall of a stylised fact," EconomiX Working Papers 2013-23, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
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Keywords
croissance économique; dette publique; economic growth; effet de seuil; non-linéarité; nonlinearity; public debt; threshold effects;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
- F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
- F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
- N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MAC-2013-06-24 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2013-06-24 (Public Economics)
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