VoxEU.org: S. M. Ali Abbas http://www.VoxEU.org Recent S. M. Ali Abbas articles on VoxEU.org en A century of public debt and what have we learned? http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/7437 S. M. Ali Abbas, Nazim Belhocine, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Mark Horton, 18 December 2011

As policymakers continue to grapple with high debts and the troubles that come with them, this column looks at the lessons from data on public debt in 178 countries stretching back as far as 1880. It argues that when faced with an unsustainable debt burden, slow but steady adjustment is the way to go.

Full Article: A century of public debt and what have we learned?]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/7437 Fiscal policy and global imbalances http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/5524 S. M. Ali Abbas, Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe, Antonio Fatás , Paolo Mauro, Ricardo Cicchelli Velloso, 16 September 2010

What impact will fiscal policy have on current-account imbalances in the years to come? Using data from a large and diverse panel of countries, this column finds that a strengthening in the fiscal balance by 1 percentage point of GDP is, on average, associated with a current-account improvement of 0.2-0.3 percentage points of GDP.

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