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This paper presents a simple macroeconomic simulation model which can be used to evaluate alternative fiscal strategies and their implications for external viability. It attempts to bridge the gap between the literature on fiscal sustainability and the demands of operational work. The framework,...
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The concept of market-based fiscal discipline posits that a government which runs persistent, excessive fiscal deficits will face an increased cost of borrowing and eventually, a reduced availability of credit, and that these market actions will provide an incentive to correct irresponsible...
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This paper examines the short- and long-run effects of exchange market reform in developing countries. The first part reviews the recent experience of Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Sri Lanka with exchange market reform. The second part studies analytically the short-run...
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This paper presents an alternative method for calculating debt targets using the debt intolerance literature of … papers by using a dynamic panel approach, correcting for endogeneity in the regressors and basing the calculation of debt … targets on credit ratings, a more objective criteria. In addition the study uses a new data base on general government debt …
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Several models establish a positive association between public debt ratios and long-term real yields, but the empirical … advanced economies'' debt levels to other economies'' borrowing yields, especially in emerging markets. We extend the existing … emerging economies. We show that an increase in the public debt levels of large advanced economies - especially the United …
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This paper studies under what circumstances creditworthy sovereign borrowers may be denied liquidity by rational creditors. It is shown that, when the creditor side of the market consists of many small investors there may be multiple rational expectations equilibria. In one equilibrium,...
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authorities, while monetary and public debt management cannot be strictly separated. This calls for close coordination of … objectives and instruments of monetary and debt management, and the development of supporting institutional and operational …
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has been accompanied by a significant decline in world saving. The paper argues that the increase in public debt, which …
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. Many advanced economies face very large adjustment needs to reduce risks related to high debt ratios. The appropriate pace …
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This Selected Issues paper provides background information for the 1998 Article IV Consultation with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The paper contains an overview of economic and political developments. It describes the establishment of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, developments in the...
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