Probabilistic sustainability of public debt : a vector autoregression approach for Brazil, Mexico, and Turkey /

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Author / Creator:Tanner, Evan, author.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : IMF Institute and African Dept., 2006.
Description:1 online resource (42 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/06/295
IMF working paper ; WP/06/295.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12495588
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Other authors / contributors:SamakeĢ, Issouf, author.
IMF Institute.
International Monetary Fund. African Department.
ISBN:146234979X
9781462349791
1452705739
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42).
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Summary:This paper examines the sustainability of fiscal policy under uncertainty in three emerging market countries, Brazil, Mexico, and Turkey. For each country, we estimate a vector autoregression (VAR) that includes fiscal and macroeconomic variables. Retrospectively, a historical decomposition shows by how much debt accumulation reflects unsustainable policy, adverse shocks, or both. Prospectively, Monte Carlo techniques reveal the primary surplus that is required to keep the debt/GDP ratio from rising in all but the worst 50 percent, 25 percent, and 10 percent of circumstances. Such a value-at-risk approach presents a clearer menu of policy options than currently used frameworks.
Other form:Print version: Tanner, Evan. Probabilistic sustainability of public debt. [Washington, D.C.] : IMF Institute and African Dept., 2006