Country spreads and emerging countries: Who drives whom?

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Journal: Economic Journal
Year: 2021
Volume: 131
Issue: 633
Pages: 498-519

Authors (2)

Romanos Priftis (European Central Bank) Srec̆ko Zimic (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper finds that debt-financed fiscal multipliers vary depending on the location of the debt buyer. In a sample of 33 countries fiscal multipliers are larger when government purchases are financed by issuing debt to foreign investors (non-residents), compared to when they are financed by issuing debt to home investors (residents). In a theoretical model, the location of the government creditor produces these differential responses through the extent that private investment is crowded out. International capital mobility of the resident private sector decreases the difference between the two types of financing both in the model and in the data.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:econjl:v:131:y:2021:i:633:p:498-519.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29