Public debt, the unit root hypothesis and structural breaks: A multi-country analysis

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 289, 2006, Pages 129-156

  Uctum, Merih ^a   Thurston, Thom ^b   Uctum, Remzi ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FISCAL POLICY; FISCAL REFORM; G-7 COUNTRY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33646540737     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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