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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18810| Title: | The sustainability of fiscal policy in the United States |
| Keywords: | H0 H6 E6 ddc:330 public debt sustainability primary surplus unit root Finanzpolitik Haushaltskonsolidierung Wirtschaftswachstum Schätzung Vereinigte Staaten |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | The paper examines the sustainability of U.S. fiscal policy, finding substantial evidence in favor. I summarize the U.S. fiscal record from 1792-2003, critically review sustainability conditions and their testable implications, and apply them to U.S. data. I particularly emphasize the ramifications of economic growth. A ?growth dividend? has historically covered the entire interest bill on the U.S. debt. Unit root tests on real series, unscaled by GDP, are distorted by the series? severe heteroskedasticity. The most credible evidence in favor of sustainability is the robust positive response of primary surpluses to fluctuations in the debt-GDP ratio. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18810 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18810 ppn:485163241 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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