Sustainability of public debt /

This collection is an analysis of the theoretical foundations of public debt sustainability concepts and their application to the empirical study of actual budgetary policies. The contributors to this volume consider whether the development of public debt in the United States and six EU countries is...

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Other Authors: Neck, Reinhard, Sturm, Jan-Egbert, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:CESifo seminar series.
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Table of Contents:
  • The sustainability of public debt: introduction and overview / Reinhard Neck, Jan-Egbert Sturm
  • The sustainability of fiscal policy in the United States / Henning Balm
  • Sustainability and determinants of Italian public deficits before and after Maastricht / Emma Galli, Fabio Padovano
  • Policy adjustments and sustainability of public finances in the Netherlands / Jakob de Haan, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Olaf de Groot
  • The long shadow of "Austrokeynesianism"? Public debt sustainability in Austria / Reinhard Neck, Gottfried Haber
  • The stability pact pains: a forward-looking assessment of the reform debate / Marco Buti, Sylvester Eijffinger, Daniele Franco
  • The welfare state and strategies toward fiscal sustainability in Denmark / Torben M. Andersen, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, Lars Haagen Pedersen
  • Post-Thatcher fiscal strategies in the United Kingdom: an interpretation / Andrew Hughes Hallett
  • On the effectiveness of debt brakes: the Swiss experience / Lars P. Feld, Gebhard Kirchgassner.