Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/107944 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Romanian Journal of Fiscal Policy (RJFP) [ISSN:] 2069-0983 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Editura ASE [Place:] Bucharest [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 27-47
Publisher: 
Editura ASE, Bucharest
Abstract: 
A recent amendment in Pakistan's federal constitution allows provinces to borrow domestically and abroad. There is a concern that it may generate unsustainable debt burden, considering the country's delinquent monetary policy and a historical deficit bias. The objective of this paper is to assess sustainability of public debt. First, we use Cecchetti, et al. (2010) methodology to regress public debt on indicators of fiscal stance i.e. primary deficit and structural deficit at federal level for the period 1976-2011. We conclude that fiscal stance remained opportunistically expansionary. Next, we look at debt sustainability and its implications for macroeconomic management at provincial level by separating the effects of growth and inflation on provincial public debt, interest payments, and primary balance by using the framework of Liu, et al. (2009). Our findings suggest declining debt sustainability at provincial level, which calls for a strong regulatory framework and coordination between federal and provincial debt strategies.
Subjects: 
Subnational finance
Fiscal responsibility
Monetary policy
Fiscal federalism
Pakistan
JEL: 
E52
E58
E62
E63
H61
H62
H63
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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