and cointegration tests for federal revenues and expenditures, taking into account a structural shift in the budgetary … process related to World War II. We find sustainability over the entire period. However, splitting the sample into two sub …-samples before and after World War II, the results do much less support sustainability. Finally, applying the tax smoothing model of …

analysis, we conduct formal tests on fiscal sustainability, including tests on stationarity and cointegration and the … debt crisis has prompted a fundamental re-evaluation of public debt sustainability and the looming threat of sovereign debt …'s peacetime debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio has never been higher. In this paper, we analyse the sustainability of …

sustainability if long-term interest rates rise. Bringing back public debt to 60% of GDP even by 2030 would require a fiscal effort …

We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 using stationarity and cointegration analysis. Specifically … apply modern panel cointegration techniques developed by Pedroni (1999, 2004), generalized by Banerjee and Carrion … revenues. While sustainability may be lacking in individual cases, fiscal policy was overall sustainable both for the EU15 …

term structure of public debt on fiscal sustainability. We adopt the widely used backward-looking measure of fiscal … sustainability – fiscal responsiveness as proposed by Bohn (1998). Using data from De Graeve and Mazzolini (2023) and focusing on a … sole factor explaining the negative impact of longer maturity of public debt on fiscal sustainability. …

decline – especially in high-debt regimes – indicating improved market expectations about fiscal sustainability. In contrast …