The authors revisit the debt overhang question. They first use nonparametric techniques to isolate a panel of countries on the downward sloping section of a debt Laffer Curve. In particular, overhang countries are ones where a threshold level of debt is reached in sample, beyond which (initial) debt ends up lowering (subsequent) growth. On average, significantly negative coefficients appear when debt face value reaches 60 percent of GDP or 200 percent...
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تفاصيل
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2005/8/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS3673
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2010/7/01
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Disclosed
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The overhang hangover
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present value of debt