Public debt and economic growth: Further evidence from the euro area

This paper empirically investigates the short and long run impact of public debt on economic growth. We use annual data from both central and peripheral countries of the euro area (EA) for the 1961-2013 period and estimate a production function augmented with a debt stock term by applying the Autore...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gómez-Puig, Marta, Sosvilla Rivero, Simón
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/122904
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/122904
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Deute públic
Creixement econòmic
Zona euro
Public debt
Economic growth
Eurozone
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Sumario:This paper empirically investigates the short and long run impact of public debt on economic growth. We use annual data from both central and peripheral countries of the euro area (EA) for the 1961-2013 period and estimate a production function augmented with a debt stock term by applying the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach. Our results suggest different patterns across EA countries and tend to support the view that public debt always has a negative impact on the long-run performance of EA member states, whilst its short-run effect may be positive depending on the country.