Public debt overhangs: Advanced-economy episodes since 1800

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 69-86

  Reinhart, Carmen M ^a,c   Reinhart, Vincent R ^d   Rogoff, Kenneth S ^b,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d MORGAN STANLEY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867832659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.26.3.69     Document Type: Article

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