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Debt and Growth: Is There a Magic Threshold?1 »
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Source: Debt and Growth : Is There a Magic Threshold?
Volume/Issue: 2014/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Andrea Pescatori , Damiano Sandri , and John Simon
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 February 2014
ISBN: 9781484306444
Keywords: growth, gdp growth, debt thresholds, debt ratio, growth rate, General,
Using a novel empirical approach and an extensive dataset developed by the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF, we find no evidence of any particular debt threshold above which medium-term growth prospects are dra...
Business Cycles in Emerging Markets »
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Source: Business Cycles in Emerging Markets : The Role of Durable Goods and Financial Frictions
Volume/Issue: 2011/133
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2011
ISBN: 9781455259380
Keywords: real business cycles, durables, financial frictions, business cycles, total consumption, interest rates, business cycle, elasticity of substitution, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: Forecasting and Simulation,
This paper examines how durable goods and financial frictions shape the business cycle of a small open economy subject to shocks to trend and transitory shocks. In the data, nondurable consumption is not as volatil...