In standard macroeconomics, fiscal policy involves choices about expenditures, taxes, and debt issue. The different kinds of public spending may be distinguished with respect to their interactions with private decisions. For example, some public activities influence private production and some interact ...

El fuerte aumento de la deuda pública de la Zona Euro, generado por las políticas fiscales expansivas —paquetes de estímulo económico y efectos cíclicos sobre los ingresos fiscales—, es un riesgo central presente actualmente en los mercados financieros internacionales, que causa preocupación por la ...

It is very well known that growth rates play a role in debt dynamics. Despite this widespread knowledge real world narratives of public debt crises often focus almost exclusively on budget deficits and neglect the role of growth. This paper presents the simplest arithmetic possible to illustrate how ...