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US deficit sustainability revisited: A multiple structural change approach

Vicente EsteveCarmen Díaz-roldánOscar Bajo-rubio

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Economics and EconometricsStructural changePublic economicsSustainabilityEconomicsFull sampleFiscal policy; Sustainability; US budget de…cit.

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In this article we re-examine the long-run sustainability of US budget deficits, using Bai and Perron's multiple structural change approach. While the deficit would have been weakly sustainable over the full sample (1947:1–2005:3), strong sustainability would appear only between January 1982 and February 1996.

10.1080/00036840600843996http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/24086