Italian Abstract: Un modello teorico è sviluppato per il rapporto tra surplus primario / PIL che un Paese deve raggiungere su un dato numero di anni, per abbassare il suo debito pubblico dal valore attuale a uno fissato a priori.Tale rapporto dipende dal tasso di interesse medio pagato sullo...

A theoretical model is developed for the ratio primary-surplus/GDP that a Country has to attain over a given number of years, to lower its public debt from the present value to one a-priori fixed. Such a ratio depends on the average interest rate paid on the outstanding stock of debt as well as...

The governments of advanced countries have faced the economic crisis by means of measures that considerably increase their budget deficits. Now they have to absorb these increases, but at the same time supporting recovery. To solve this problem, two different types of intervention have been...