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“During this period, three groups (clubs) of countries are obtained: high, mid and low indebted countries, suggesting that the employed debt-to-GDP threshold drives economic dynamics for the selected countries.”
From Brida et al. (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.physa.2017.05.060. The source publishes no abstract to check the quote against (checked 12 Oct 2026).
TopicEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsFiscal Policies and Political Economy
Keywordspublic debteconomic growthdebt-to-GDP ratiohierarchical clusteringminimum spanning treedebt threshold
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Debt and growth: A non-parametric approach
Juan Gabriel Brida, David Matesanz Gómez and María Nela Seijas
Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications · published 2017 · DOI 10.1016/j.physa.2017.05.060
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The paper uses a non-parametric approach, with hierarchical clustering and minimum spanning trees listed among its keywords, to look at how public debt relates to growth. The claim says the countries fall into three groups by debt level over the period studied. The authors read this as a sign that the chosen debt-to-GDP threshold matters for how these economies behave. If it holds, it would bear on debates about whether a particular level of public debt marks a change in economic performance.
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Refuted if the clusters of economic performance for the sixteen countries during 2008–2016 are not significantly associated with debt‑to‑GDP ratios exceeding 90%, as determined by a statistical test (e.g., chi‑square or logistic regression) yielding p < 0.05.
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