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Assessing sovereign debt sustainability using a wealth-based fiscal indicator

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  • Paolo Canofari

    (Polytechnic University of Marche)

  • Alessandro Piergallini

    (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

  • Giovanni Piersanti

    (University of Teramo)

Abstract

Working in the context of an endogenous growth model with the public sector, we show that forward-looking agents' optimizing behavior typically gives rise to a wealth-based, rather than to an output-based, sustainability index of government policy. New insights emerge from calibrating the index to European countries along with the U.S. and Japan as reference countries.

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  • Paolo Canofari & Alessandro Piergallini & Giovanni Piersanti, 2020. "Assessing sovereign debt sustainability using a wealth-based fiscal indicator," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(4), pages 2677-2688.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-20-00559
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    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt

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