Growth-maximizing public debt in turkey: An empirical investigation

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2020

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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The aim of the paper is to empirically estimate the growth-maximizing debt-to-GDP ratio in the case of Turkey. To calculate the growth-maximizing debt-to-GDP ratio FMOLS, DOLS, and CCR estimators are used for the period from 1960–2013. According to the empirical findings the growth-maximizing debt-to-GDP ratio varies between 34.3% and 38.7%. Based on a comparison of these ratios to current data (29.1% for 2018), Turkey has the capacity for additional borrowing to achieve a growth-maximizing debt-to-GDP ratio. If this additional borrowing capacity is used for public investment with a return greater than the interest cost of the additional debt economic growth will be maximized and public debt sustainability supported.

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Economic Growth, Fiscal Rule, Public Debt, Turkish Economy

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Economics and Business Review

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Q3

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6

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