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| Other authors / contributors: | Greenidge, Kevin, author.
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 9781475514292
1475514298
9781475594980
1475594984
9781475504507
1475504500
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | This paper addresses the issue of threshold effects between public debt and economic growth in the Caribbean. The main finding is that there exists a threshold debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 55-56 percent. Moreover, the debt dynamics begin changing well before this threshold is reached. Specifically, at debt levels lower than 30 percent of GDP, increases in the debt-to-GDP ratio are associated with faster economic growth. However, as debt rises beyond 30 percent, the effects on economic growth diminishes rapidly and at debt levels reaching 55-56 percent of GDP, the growth impacts switch from positive to negative. Thus, beyond this threshold, debt becomes a drag on growth.
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| Other form: | Print version: Drakes, Lisa. Threshold Effects of Sovereign Debt: Evidence from the Caribbean. Washington : International Monetary Fund, ©2012 9781475504507
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