International evidence on fiscal solvency: Is fiscal policy "responsible"?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1081-1093

  Mendoza, Enrique G ^a,b   Ostry, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt sustainability; Fiscal policy; Fiscal solvency; Sovereign debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749094524     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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