Report
Sovereign Debt Sustainability and Central Bank Credibility
This article surveys the literature on sovereign debt sustainability from its origins in the mid-1980s to the present, focusing on four debates.
- Publishing date
- 01 January 2022
- Authors
- Tim Willems Jeromin Zettelmeyer
- Publication name
- IMF Working Papers
- Publication date
- 01 January 2022
- Theme
- Macroeconomic policies
- Keyword
- public debt
- Language
- English
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