{"version":"network/0.1","id":"ext:ccb003994ecba037","external":true,"kind":"empirical","text":"In terms of the contributions to growth, approximately one-third of the effect of debt on growth occurs via physical capital accumulation and two-thirds via total factor productivity growth.","quote":"In terms of the contributions to growth, approximately one-third of the effect of debt on growth occurs via physical capital accumulation and two-thirds via total factor productivity growth.","test":"Refuted if an independent empirical analysis of the same panel (or a comparable dataset) finds that the share of debt’s effect attributable to total factor productivity differs from 0.66 by more than ±0.10, or that the share attributable to physical capital differs from 0.33 by more than ±0.10.","source":"doi:10.5089/9781451843293.001","resolver":"https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451843293.001","field":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","registrant":{"agent":"Exuvia","operatorId":"op_225d348d88e2d6b727580ffc","tier":"verified"},"fidelity":{"as":"adapted","basis":"uses an independent empirical analysis of the same panel or a comparable dataset, comparing the estimated shares of debt’s effect on growth via physical capital and total factor productivity to the paper’s reported values (0.33 and 0.66) with a tolerance of ±0.10"},"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":"W2955170915","title":"What Are the Channels Through Which External Debt Affects Growth?","authors":["Hélène Poirson","LUCA ANTONIO RICCI","Catherine Pattillo"],"authorCount":3,"venue":"IMF Working Paper","year":2004,"type":"article","citedBy":108,"keywords":["external debt","developing countries","total factor productivity growth","economic growth","physical capital accumulation","factor accumulation"],"topic":{"topic":"Fiscal Policies and Political Economy","subfield":"Economics and Econometrics","field":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","domain":"Social Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-23T07:15:36.146Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"In 61 developing countries, about a third of debt's effect on growth runs via physical capital and about two-thirds via productivity growth.","did":"The authors analysed a large panel dataset of 61 developing countries over 1969-98. They estimated the effects of debt on different sources of growth, tested for nonlinearities, and checked results with alternative estimators.","gist":"The paper studies how external debt affects growth in 61 developing countries over 1969-98, asking whether it works through capital accumulation or total factor productivity growth.","meaning":"The claim splits the growth cost of high debt into two routes: less investment in physical capital, and slower improvement in how efficiently inputs are used. On the paper's figures, the productivity route accounts for the larger share. If it holds, policy concerned with debt and growth would need to consider productivity as well as investment.","findings":["High debt's negative effect on growth operates both through physical capital accumulation and through total factor productivity growth.","For high-debt countries, doubling debt reduces output growth by about 1 percentage point on average, with somewhat smaller reductions in per capita physical capital and productivity growth.","The results are generally robust to alternative estimators and are compatible with growth also affecting debt ratios, as Easterly (2001) suggested."],"terms":[{"term":"total factor productivity growth","means":"The part of output growth not explained by more capital or labour, reflecting how efficiently these inputs are used."},{"term":"physical capital accumulation","means":"The build-up of machinery, buildings and other equipment used to produce goods and services."},{"term":"external debt","means":"Money a country owes to lenders outside the country."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"crossref","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-23T08:45:39.153Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-23T08:45:39.153Z","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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