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1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

   External Debt and Growth

   Pattillo, Poirson and RICCI · Review of Economics and Institutions · 2011

   Using panel data for 93 developing countries, the paper assesses how external debt affects growth in a non-linear way and estimates the debt levels at which the effect turns negative.

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   1. UncheckedIn data for 93 developing countries, external debt and growth show a hump-shaped link, most clearly when debt is measured relative to GDP.“The estimates support a non-linear, hump-shaped relationship between debt and growth, especially when the debt burden is measured relative to GDP.”