Søren Bo Nielsen (Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen) Jørgen Søndergaard (Danish Economic Council)
Abstract
This paper considers the relation between the external balance and economic policy formation in the context of the Danish economy during the last three decades. The main lines of macroeconomic development, the structure of the economy and economic policy in this period are expounded, and the question of how Denmark arrived at its present foreign debt to GDP ratio of close to 40 persent is posed. Finally, the nature of the external constraint on the Danish economy is addressed. A tentative conclusion is that a significant part of Danish foreign debt could be a reflection of the structure of tax and expenditure policy and demographics; still, current account deficits may cause concern to the extent that they arise from e.g. tax distortions - or for intergenerational distributional reasons.
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Paper provided by University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics in its series Discussion Papers with number
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Length: 30 pages Date of creation: Sep 1990 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in: George Alogoskoufis, Richard Portes, Lucas Papademos, (eds.), External Constraints on Macroeconomic Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp 342-371 Handle: RePEc:kud:kuiedp:9015
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