This paper proposes a tractable framework to analyze fiscal space and the dynamics of government debt, with a possibly binding zero lower bound (ZLB) constraint. Without the ZLB, a greater primary deficit unambiguously raises debt. However, debt need not explode: When R G – φ, where φ is...

This commentary critically analyzes the debate between ‘deficit financing' and ‘deficit-reduction financing' in contemporary economics. Reading through the paper by Ann Pettifor (2019), one gets the impression that deficits don't matter and that fiscal consolidation has not improved the...

This paper argues that sovereign debt restructurings as agreed between defaulting states and their multilateral, bilateral, or private creditors constitute exercises of international public authority. Their authoritative character results from their effects on the citizens of the defaulting...

It is shown empirically that, for the US economy, fiscal stimulus has increased total consumption, but has depressed economic growth. Therefore, decades of fiscal stimulus has been a continual depressant on US economic growth and moved the economy closer to the Keynesian singularity defined as...

In this paper we use the widely held assumption that left-wing cabinets favor a larger size of government to answer the question: does the pair cabinet ideology-fiscal action affect the persistence of major fiscal adjustments? For a panel of OECD countries from 1960 to 1995, we find that left...

This paper explores the political economy of fiscal adjustment. It begins with an examination of the evidence for, and sources of, ‘deficit bias', including political and governance factors, public attitudes, the role of financial markets and imprecision about which debt targets should be...

This paper explores the political economy of fiscal adjustment. It begins with an examination of the evidence for, and sources of, ‘deficit bias’, including political and governance factors, public attitudes, the role of financial markets and imprecision about which debt targets should be...

Last global financial crisis resulted in common among developed countries implementation of expansionary fiscal policy as an anti-recession tool. This led to the renewal of academic discussion on stabilization effectiveness of fiscal policy. In this context, the main research goal of this paper...

This paper aims to assess the impact of the second-generation numerical fiscal rules on the effectiveness of public debt management in the Member States of the European Union. The research was conducted using dynamic panel models on a sample of 27 EU Member States over the period 2008-2021. The...

This study analyzes the correlation between the primary budget balance and the public debt over the last two decades, for a panel of 12 countries from Central and Eastern Europe, in order to assess their debt sustainability, the level of debt at which fiscal fatigue may occur, as well as the...