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dc.titleDebt Erosion: Asymmetric Response to Demand and Supply Shocks
dc.contributor.authorValencia, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorGamboa-Arbeláez, Juliana
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, Gustavo
dc.contributor.orgunitFiscal Management Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2023-07-24T00:07:00
dc.date.issue2023-07-24T00:07:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the effect of inflation supply and demand shocks on government debt. It identifies the shocks using a sign-restricted Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) model with quarterly data. Estimations of dynamic panel regressions and local projections suggest that supply shocks lead to persistent increases in government debt, while demand shocks result in long-lasting declines. Furthermore, high debt levels increase economic vulnerability, amplifying the impacts of both supply and demand shocks by more than three times. Specifically, supply shocks increase debt through higher borrowing costs and more prolonged depreciation, whereas demand shocks erode debt through persistent reductions in primary balance, driven by increased revenues.
dc.format.extent39
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005027
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Debt-Erosion-Asymmetric-Response-to-Demand-and-Supply-Shocks.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectDebt Restructuring
dc.subjectDemand Shock
dc.subjectDebt Management
dc.subjectEmerging Market
dc.subjectPublic Debt
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectInflation
dc.subjectHealthy Economy
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectInflation Targeting
dc.subjectNon-Sovereign Guaranteed Credit Risk
dc.subjectFinancial Risk
dc.subjectSovereign Guaranteed Credit Risk
dc.subject.jelcodeC33 - Panel Data Models • Spatio-temporal Models
dc.subject.jelcodeE31 - Price Level • Inflation • Deflation
dc.subject.jelcodeG15 - International Financial Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeH63 - Debt • Debt Management • Sovereign Debt
dc.subject.keywordsDebt;Inflation;sovereign risk;SVAR;local projections
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01496
idb.operationRG-E1902
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