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This paper explains why domestic debt composition in emerging economies is risky. It carries out an analysis of the … domestic debt composition, which encompasses maturity mismatches, rollover risk and interest payment contingency. The paper … inflation is lofty, the debt service-to-GDP ratio high, the slope of the yield curve inverted and the investor base narrow …
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We study the relationship between debt and growth in EU countries in the years 1995-2015. We investigate the debt … relationship between public debt and long-run growth across EU countries. However, the more immediate impact of private sector debt … on growth is found to be negative, and positive for the public sector debt. We find no conclusive evidence for a common …
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In most euro area countries, the monetary/fiscal policy mix is responsible for the changing history of debt and … simulations reveal that the PM/AF regime in France led to price volatility and debt stabilisation, while the AM/PF regime resulted … in disinflation and rising debt trajectory. Meanwhile, Italy's procyclical fiscal policy in downturns contributed to …
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characteristics on personal finances. - Personal Finance ; Financial Strain ; Debt ; Behaviour ; Financial Literacy …
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. IFCs' role is to mitigate this imperfection. Equilibrium public debt is excessive because policymakers are "partisan" and … IFC as the debt bias would fall. However, when other considerations eclipse competence and give the incumbent a strong … electoral advantage or disadvantage, setting up an IFC may be counterproductive as the debt bias would increase. If the …
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. Simulation results show that government defcits, high debt level and slow fiscal adjustment adversely affect price stability in …
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This paper explores a natural connection between fiscal multipliers and foreign holdings of public debt. Although … the resources used to acquire public debt reduce domestic consumption and investment. These crowding-out effects are … likely to be weaker when governments have access to foreign markets to place their debt, increasing the size of multipliers …
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Traditionally, insurers are seen as stabilisers of financial markets that act countercyclically by buying assets whose price falls. Recent studies challenge this view by providing empirical evidence of procyclicality. This paper sheds new light on the underlying reasons for these opposing views....
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