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Political Instability and the Cost and Maturity of Government Debt

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Beaucoup de gens avancent l'hypothèse que l'instabilité politique est responsable de plusieurs maux économiques: inflation élevée, chômage élevé et croissance lente. La présente étude met en valeur une autre conséquence négative de l'instabilité politique, notamment que l'instabilité politique augmente le coût anticipé de la dette et en réduit l'échéance moyenne. Le modèle présenté ci-dessous illustre comment l'instabilité et la polarisation politique sont reliées positivement au coût de la dette et négativement à l'échéance moyenne de la dette. L'instabilité et la polarisation sont mesurées et il est démontré que les deux mesures sont inversement reliées à l'échéance de la dette dans plusieurs pays industrialisés. Many have argued that political instability causes many poor macroeconomic outcomes such as inflation, high unemployment and low growth. The present paper studies another negative consequence of political instability: Namely that political instability increases the expected cost of servicing the debt and reduces the average maturity of the debt. A model is derived which illustrates that political instability and polarization are positively related to the cost of servicing the debt and negatively related to the average maturity of the debt. Political instability and polarization are then proxied and shown to be inversely related to debt maturity for many industrialized countries.

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  • Victoria Miller, 1994. "Political Instability and the Cost and Maturity of Government Debt," Cahiers de recherche du Département des sciences économiques, UQAM 9404, Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des sciences économiques.
  • Handle: RePEc:cre:uqamwp:9404
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    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • P0 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General

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