Growth Implosions, Debt Explosions, and My Aunt Marilyn : Do Growth Slowdowns Cause Public Debt Crises?
The worldwide slowdown in growth after 1975 was a major negative fiscal shock. Slower growth lowers the present value of tax revenues and primary surpluses and thus makes a given level of debt more burdensome. Most countries failed to adjust to the...
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15742 |