01761cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015872 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513511948 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Abbas, S. M. Ali. A Guide to Sovereign Debt Data / S. M. Ali Abbas, Kenneth Rogoff. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The last decade or so has seen a mushrooming of new sovereign debt databases covering long time spans for several countries. This represents an important breakthrough for economists who have long sought to, but been unable to tackle, first-order questions such as why countries have differential debt tolerance, and how debt levels affect the scope for countercyclical policy in recessions and financial crises. This paper backdrops these recent data efforts, identifying both the key innovations, as well as caveats that users should be aware of. A Directory of existing publicly-available sovereign debt databases, featuring compilations by institutions and individual researchers, is also included. Mode of access: Internet Rogoff, Kenneth. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/195 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/195/001.2019.issue-195-en.xml IMF e-Library