Public Debt Management: Theory and History

by Rudiger Dornbusch, Mario Draghi

Overview

This book from the Centre for Economic Policy Research collects theoretical, applied and historical research on the welfare economics of public debt; how inappropriate debt management can lead to funding crises; capital levies; debt consolidation; U.S. public debt history; political influences on debt accumulation; trade-offs between indexation and maturity; and confidence effects in a stochastic rational expectations framework.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521059725
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/04/2008
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of conference participants; 1. Introduction Rudiger Dornbusch and Mario Draghi; 2. The efficient design of public debt Douglas Gale; Discussion Olivier Jean Blanchard; 3. Indexation and maturity of government bonds: an exploratory model Guillermo A. Calvo and Pablo E. Guidotti; Discussion William H. Branson and Allen Drazen; 4. Public confidence and debt management: a model and a case study of Italy Alberto Alesina, Alessandro Pratti and Guido Tabellini; Discussion Mario Draghi and Lars E. O. Svensson; 5. Confidence crises and public debt management Francesco Giavazzi and Marco Pagano; Discussion Enrica Detragiache and Maurice Obstfeld; 6. Funding crises in the aftermath of World War I Gail E. Makinen and G. Thomas Woodward; Discussion Alberto Giovannini and Andrea Ripa Di Meana; 7. The capital levy in theory and practice Barry Eichengreen; 8. Episodes in the public debt history of the United States E. Cary Brown; Discussion Barry P. Bosworth and Giampaolo Galli; 9. The Italian national debt conversion of 1906 Marcello de Cecco; Discussion Richard Portes and Ignazio Visco; 10. Fear of deficit financing - is it rational? Marcus Miller, Robert Skidelsky and Paul Weller; Discussion Giuseppe Bertola; 11. Government domestic debt and the risk of default: a political-economic model of the strategic role of debt Philippe Aghion and Patrick Bolton; Discussion Jean-Pierre Danthine and Pietro Reichlin; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...a very good collection of thoughtful essays on an important policy topic. It can be recommended highly to all scholars of fiscal policy and public debt." Journal of Economic Literature

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