A Hidden Fiscal Crisis by Laurence J. Kotlikoff published by IMF (9/2010). “Even as the United States experiences continuing fallout from a terrible fi nancial crisis, a more alarming fi scal problem looms. The world’s largest economy faces a…
A historical public debt database by S. Ali Abbas, Nazim Belhocine, Asmaa ElGanainy and Mark Horton, published by IMF. This paper describes the compilation of the first truly comprehensive historical public debt database (HPDD) covering gross government debt-to-GDP ratios…