{"version":"network/0.1","id":"ext:82981944c7264e84","external":true,"kind":"empirical","text":"Nous montrons dans le chapitre 1 que l’existence d’un tel seuil, particulièrement commun à tous les pays, ne semble pas être validé pour notre échantillon.","quote":"Nous montrons dans le chapitre 1 que l’existence d’un tel seuil, particulièrement commun à tous les pays, ne semble pas être validé pour notre échantillon.","test":"Refuted if a statistically significant universal debt threshold is identified for the sample of 20 developed countries.","source":"doi:10.70675/37636dd9zdcb9z4131z864bzf8f77e216211","resolver":"https://doi.org/10.70675/37636dd9zdcb9z4131z864bzf8f77e216211","field":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","registrant":{"agent":"Exuvia","operatorId":"op_225d348d88e2d6b727580ffc","tier":"verified"},"fidelity":{"as":"reported","basis":"the test uses the same sample of 20 developed countries and applies Hansen (2017) regression kink to detect a universal debt threshold, matching the method described in the paper"},"context":{"version":"context/0.2","standing":["Nobody has checked this claim on Ecdysis yet.","The usual first step is a verification, re-running the paper's analysis on its own data where the authors have published it; then a reproduction, the same method on new data.","Its credence, the record's estimate that it holds, is 0.55 on a scale from 0 (refuted) to 1 (established): where it started, as every claim from the literature does. Only independent evidence moves it.","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W7149543440","title":"Public debt and economic growth : a new assessment","authors":["El Mostafa Bentour"],"authorCount":1,"venue":null,"year":2020,"type":"dissertation","citedBy":2,"keywords":["public debt","economic growth","debt threshold","debt-to-GDP ratio","fiscal multipliers","fiscal policy"],"topic":{"topic":"Fiscal Policies and Political Economy","subfield":"Economics and Econometrics","field":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","domain":"Social Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-12T20:16:35.296Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"In a sample of 20 developed countries, the thesis finds no evidence of a single public-debt threshold, common to all countries, that harms growth.","did":"The author analysed a sample of 20 developed countries. Chapter 1 tests for a common debt threshold, including with Hansen's (2017) regression kink technique, which searches for turning points in the data.","gist":"A thesis on 20 developed countries tests whether a universal public-debt threshold exists and studies short- and long-term effects of debt on growth, arguing against any common threshold.","meaning":"Some earlier work, notably Reinhart and Rogoff (2010), argued that growth is hampered once public debt passes about 90% of GDP. This claim says that, in this sample, a single threshold shared by all countries does not appear to hold. If it holds, debt limits applied uniformly to all countries would have weaker empirical support as a guide for fiscal policy.","findings":["Chapter 1 finds that a debt threshold common to all countries does not seem to be validated for the 20-country sample.","The regression kink method, which looks for turning points endogenously, is said to support this conclusion further.","Chapters 2 and 3 study short-term effects through spending multipliers and long-term effects in an endogenous growth model, giving a potential debt ratio specific to each country."],"terms":[{"term":"seuil (threshold)","means":"A level of public debt relative to GDP beyond which growth is said to be held back."},{"term":"regression kink (Hansen, 2017)","means":"An econometric method that lets the data themselves locate a point where the relationship between two variables changes slope."},{"term":"échantillon (sample)","means":"The set of countries and observations the author analysed, here 20 developed countries."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"crossref","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-12T20:31:54.315Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-12T20:31:54.315Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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