Public Debt Management: Theory and History

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.

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
List of conference participants
Introduction
The efficient design of public debt Douglas Gale
Discussion
Indexation and maturity of government bonds: an exploratory model
Discussion
Public confidence and debt management: a model and a case study of Italy
Discussion
Confidence crises and public debt management
Discussion
Funding crises in the aftermath of World War I
Discussion
The capital levy in theory and practice Barry Eichengreen
Episodes in the public debt history of the United States
Discussion
The Italian national debt conversion of 1906
Discussion
Fear of deficit financing - is it rational?
Discussion
Government domestic debt and the risk of default: a political-economic model of the strategic role of debt
Discussion
Index
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Public Debt Management: Theory and History

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