While the effect of higher public debt levels on economic growth has received much
attention, the literature partly points to contradictory results. This paper applies meta …

The controversial findings by Reinhart and Rogoff have continuously generated debates on
the threshold of debt towards GDP. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine whether there …

This study empirically examined the impact of external debt on economic growth. Also, the
interactions of governance, external debt and external debt volatility were further …

This article explores estimation and inference in a regression kink model with an unknown
threshold. A regression kink model (or continuous threshold model) is a threshold …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to seek to re-examine the threshold effects of public
debt on economic growth in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study applies panel …

This study examines the threshold effect of institutional quality on the sovereign debt-
macroeconomic stability nexus using panel data from 133 countries covering the period from …

While other regions with better institutional quality have benefitted considerably from
borrowing, sub-Saharan Africa continues to accumulate public debt with a long history of …

This paper approaches the causality of public debt and economic growth from three
perspectives: Historical for the data, theoretical for the relations, and econometrical for the …

This paper highlights the crucial role of a time-varying threshold effect of public debt on
economic growth. Our contribution is twofold. First, we extend the constant-threshold …

How should small states formulate a countercyclical fiscal policy to achieve economic
stability and fiscal sustainability when they are prone to natural disasters, climate change …