Budget Deficits and Interest Rates : A Fresh Perspective /
We extend the literature on budget deficits and interest rates in three ways: we examine both advanced and emerging economies and for the first time a large emerging market panel; explore interactions to explain some of the heterogeneity in the literature; and apply system GMM. There is overall a hi...
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| Μορφή: | Επιστημονικό περιοδικό |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2008.
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| Σειρά: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2008/042 |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full text available on IMF |
| Περίληψη: | We extend the literature on budget deficits and interest rates in three ways: we examine both advanced and emerging economies and for the first time a large emerging market panel; explore interactions to explain some of the heterogeneity in the literature; and apply system GMM. There is overall a highly significant positive effect of budget deficits on interest rates, but the effect depends on interaction terms and is only significant under one of several conditions: deficits are high, mostly domestically financed, or interact with high domestic debt; financial openness is low; interest rates are liberalized; or financial depth is low. |
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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 online resource (19 pages) |
| Μορφή: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
| Πρόσβαση: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |