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

   A two-edged sword: the impact of public debt on economic growth—the case of Ethiopia

   Yimer and Geda · Journal of Applied Economics · 2024

   Using annual Ethiopian data from 1980 to 2021, the study finds public debt has a two-sided effect on growth, and that debt servicing harms growth in both the short and long term.

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   1. UncheckedIn Ethiopia, public debt raises investment and growth in the short term but is linked to lower growth over the long term, per an ARDL analysis.“The results from the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) modeling approach reveal that while public debt boosts investment and enhances growth in the short term, it hinders long-term growth.”
   2. Unchecked“Additionally, debt servicing negatively impacts growth in both the short and long term by diverting vital resources from investment.”