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Trends in public finance : insights from a new detailed dataset

Bloch, Debra; Fournier, Jean-Marc; Gonçalves, Duarte; … - 2016

policy indicators. By identifying key variables of public finance across as many OECD countries as possible, and with a time … series element to allow for longitudinal analysis, the OECD Public Finance Dataset provides a detailed data set to contribute … country groupings and individual country public finance profiles are highlighted as examples of the potential of these data to …

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Limits to government debt sustainability

Fournier, Jean-Marc; Fall, Falilou - 2015

The recent euro area sovereign debt crisis has shown the importance of market reactions for the sustainability of debt. The objective of this paper is to calculate endogenous government debt limits given the markets assessment of the probability to default. The estimated primary balance reaction...

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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand

Cheung, Calista - 2013

As its workforce ages and major economies shift towards producing higher value-added goods and services, New Zealand will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need to come increasingly from productivity gains, and...

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Assessing the sensitivity of Hungarian debt sustainability to macroeconomic shocks under two fiscal policy reactions

Beynet, Pierre; Paviot, Edouard - 2012

Hungarian debt level has steadily increased since 2001, with the debt-to-GDP ratio reaching about 84% at end-2011. This high level combined with significant volatility of macroeconomic variable influencing potential future debt paths – GDP growth, exchange rate and interest spreads – put...

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The effect of government debt, external debt and their interaction on OECD interest rates

Turner, David; Spinelli, Francesca - 2013

In the wake of the financial crisis there has been renewed focus on the importance of a country’s net external debt position in determining domestic interest rates and, relatedly, its vulnerability to a crisis. This paper extends the panel estimation of OECD countries described in Turner and...

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What policies for greening the crisis response and economic recovery? : lessons learned from past green stimulus measures and implications for the COVID-19 crisis

Agrawala, Shardul; Dussaux, Damien; Monti, Norbert - 2020

This paper evaluates green stimulus packages that were introduced in response to the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-08 and draws lessons relevant for greening the recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The paper underscores the importance of building in policy evaluation...

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