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Exercises

  • Exercise 1: Debt-to-GDP ratio in other countries.
  • Exercise 2: Plotting the dynamics of debt.
  • Exercise 3: Using the debt dynamics equation.
  • Exercise 4: Causes and consequences of sovereign default.
  • Exercise 5: The role of fiscal councils.

Figures

  • Figure 1: Gross and net debt as a share of GDP, selected countries, 2020.
  • Figure 2: Evolution of the Debt-to-GDP Ratio in the United States (expressed in percentage terms), 1790–2020.
  • Figure 3: Interest Expense and Government Debt, 2007–21.
  • Figure 4: Real interest rate estimated from inflation linked bonds in high-income economies and United States.
  • Figure 5: 700 years of global r-g for the now-advanced (high-income) economies.
  • Figure 6: Geometric Representation of the Debt Dynamic Equation.
  • Figure 7: Evolution of the debt-to-GDP ratio under different assumptions for d, g, and r.
  • Figure 8: Debt to GDP ratio in Advanced and Emerging Economies.
  • Figure 9: Drivers of the increase of the Debt-to-GDP ratio over 2019–20.
  • Figure 10: Public Debt Ratio in Germany, 1910–38.
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      1. All CORE Insights
      2. List of resources
      3. 1 Introduction
      4. 2 Concepts and distinctions
      5. 3 Public debt in history
      6. 4 The political economy of public debt
      7. 5 Analyzing debt dynamics
      8. 6 The unexplained part of public debt
      9. 7 How governments repay
      10. 8 And what happens when they don’t?
      11. 9 Rules and institutions for public debt management
      12. 10 Conclusion
      13. 11 Acknowledgements
      14. 12 References
      15. Glossary
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