Public debts : nuts, bolts and worries / Barry Eichengreen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eichengreen, Barry J.

Series:

Geneva reports on the world economy ; 13.

Geneva reports on the world economy ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debts, Public--United States.

Debts, Public.

Debts, Public--Europe.

Debts, Public--Japan.

Physical Description:

xxi, 139 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies ; London : Centre for Economic Policy Research, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Each title in the Geneva Reports on the World Economy series focuses on an aspect of the reform of international financial and economic systems and each is written by a team of internationally known macroeconomists. Public Debts looks at developed countries' public debts with an interest in the longer term: debt evolution and policies to deal with potential instability.

Contents:

Intro

About the Authors

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

List of Conference Participants

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Executive Summary

1 Introduction and Overview

2 The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidation

3 The United States: Can the 1990s Fiscal Rebalancing Be Repeated?

4 Europe's Public Debt Challenge

5 Japan's Fiscal Woes

6 Recommendations

Discussion

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139).

ISBN:

1-907142-48-7

OCLC:

928634177