Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259917 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2005:34
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
This paper empirically explores the relationship between debt and growth for a number of developing and industrial economies. For developing countries, we find that lower total external debt levels are associated with higher growth rates, and that this negative relationship is driven by the incidence of public external debt, and not by private external debt. Regarding the channels through which debt accumulation affects growth, we find that this is mainly driven by the capital accumulation growth. There is only limited evidence on the relationship between external debt and total factor productivity growth. In addition, for private savings rates there are mixed results. We do not find any support for an inverted-U shape relationship between external debt and growth. For industrial countries, we do not find any significant relationship between gross government debt and economic growth.
Subjects: 
External Debt
Public debt
Economic Growth
Capital Accumulation
Productivity Growth
Private Savings
JEL: 
F34
H63
O10
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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