This paper investigates the degree of persistence of the private debt-to-GDP ratio in 43 OECE countries by estimating the fractional integration parameter of each series. Almost all of them are found to be highly persistent, with orders of integration around or above 1. The only exception is...

In the present paper it will be pointed out with a panel data econometric model that there is a trade-off between government debt to GDP and the household debt to total household income. The estimation of the model is made feasible through the Eviews software package. This finding can be of use...