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Forgotten but not gone: A multi-state analysis of modern-day debt imprisonment.
PLoS ONE, 2023 In almost every state, courts can jail those who fail to pay fines, fees, and other court debts-even those resulting from traffic or other non-criminal violations. While debtors' prisons for private debts have been widely illegal in the United States for
Johann D Gaebler +4 more
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Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2021 We study the effects on economic activity of a pure temporary change in government debt and the relationship between the debt multiplier and the level of debt in an overlapping generations framework. The debt multiplier is positive but quite small during normal times while it is much larger during crises.
Albonico A., Ascari G., Gobbi A.
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Public Debt and Public Debt Administration in Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
International Conference on Eurasian Economies, 2017 Public debt and public debt administration in recent years became significant economic problem of most countries. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has faced with public debt problem. Sharp decline of production, high level of unemployment and the need for economic and structural reforms during transition to market economy caused a ...
Tolkun Zhumakunova, Raziya Abdiyeva
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Has the regulation of old debts in the successor companies proven worthwhile?
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2002 The old debt problem resulting from the transformation of the agricultural co-operatives of the former GDR (German Democratic Republic) is described with respect to its evolution and its economic policy treatment during the process of transformation.
P. Hagelschuer, A. Häger
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How does public debt affect economic growth? A systematic review
Cogent Business & Management, 2019 The controversial findings by Reinhart and Rogoff have continuously generated debates on the threshold of debt towards GDP. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine whether there exists mutual consensus on the effects of public debt on the economic ...
N. H. A. Rahman +2 more
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Public debt sustainability: An empirical study on OECD countries
Journal of macroeconomics, 2018 For a panel of 21 OECD heterogeneous countries from 1991 to 2015, we study governments’ reactions to the accumulation of debt and look at whether governments voluntary take corrective measures when the debt-GDP ratio starts rising or they rather let the ...
Elton Beqiraj, Silvia Fedeli, F. Forte
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Cogent Economics & FinanceDespite evidence that improving financial sector transparency (FST) can help tame clientele (households, businesses and corporate) debts, the empirical literature fails to explore how improving FST can lower/tame the unsustainable soaring government or ...
Blessing Akrumah +2 more
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Local Government Debt and Municipal Bonds in China: Problems and a Framework of Rules
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2014 Local governments in China are facing heavy debt burdens, a low level of fiscal transparency and a lack of constraints by local democracy. Since 2008, local government debts have skyrocketed.
Xingyuan Feng
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Sovereign Debt, 2019 We consider public debt from a long-term historical perspective, showing how the purposes for which governments borrow have evolved. Periods when debt-to-GDP ratios rose explosively as a result of wars, depressions, and financial crises also have a long ...
Barry Eichengreen +3 more
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The Cost of Imported Goods Filling The Showcases: Gradual Debt Consolidation (1958-1965)
Yakın Dönem Türkiye AraştırmalarıThis study focuses on debt consolidation between 1958 and 1965, with a particular emphasis on the consolidation efforts in 1960. Various types of debts in Türkiye, ranging from August 4, 1958, to 1965, were gradually consolidated, liquidated, canceled ...
Ferhat Akyüz
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