Government Debt in Emerging Market Countries : a New Data Set.

Government Debt in Emerging Market Countries : a New Data Set.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Guscina, Anastasia.
Imprint:	Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (31 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	IMF Working Papers IMF Working Papers.
Subject:	Debts, Public -- Econometric models. Debt -- Econometric models. Debt -- Econometric models. Debts, Public -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12506652

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Varying Form of Title:	IMF Working Papers
Other authors / contributors:	Jeanne, Olivier.
ISBN:	1451863586 9781451863581
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	This paper presents a new database on government debt in 19 emerging market countries since 1980. The data set focuses on the structure of debt in terms of jurisdiction of insurance, maturity, currency composition and indexation. The paper presents stylized facts on debt structures and preliminary evidence on their determinants. We observe substantial crosscountry variation in the structure of domestic debt and find it to be associated with countries'' record of monetary stability.

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Summary:	This paper presents a new database on government debt in 19 emerging market countries since 1980. The data set focuses on the structure of debt in terms of jurisdiction of insurance, maturity, currency composition and indexation. The paper presents stylized facts on debt structures and preliminary evidence on their determinants. We observe substantial crosscountry variation in the structure of domestic debt and find it to be associated with countries' record of monetary stability.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (31 pages).
ISBN:	1451863586 9781451863581