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Management of the Nominal Public Debt Theory and Applications

By Pablo Emilio Guidotti, Guillermo Calvo

December 1, 1990

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Pablo Emilio Guidotti, and Guillermo Calvo. Management of the Nominal Public Debt Theory and Applications, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1990) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

Optimal management of the public debt is explored in a context where economic policy is continuously revised because, when the public debt is non—indexed, policy—makers are tempted to use inflation in order to reduce the real value of the public debt. The model’s implications are explored following two approaches. First, the effects of various exogenous disturbances are examined by means of numerical simulations. Secondly, the analysis explores—for Italy, Ireland, and the United States—if the model’s implications concerning the maturity structure of government debt are consistent with actual experience.

Subject: Expenditure, Government debt management, Inflation, Prices, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration, Tax arrears management

Keywords: Debt aversion, Debt level, Debt maturity, Debt policy, Debt repayment, Government debt management, Government debt obligation, Inflation, Inflation rate, Maturity composition, Maturity structure, Tax arrears management, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    42

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1990/115

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1151990

  • ISBN:

    9781451942798

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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