Government debt spillovers and creditworthiness in a federation

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  • S. Landon
  • C. E. Smith
چکیده

Estimates are presented for the impact of debt accumulation by the central and subcentral governments of a federation on the creditworthiness of other federation member governments. The estimates, calculated using an ordered probit model and Canadian provincial data, indicate that debt accumulation by the central government has reduced the creditworthiness of indebted provincial governments. Interprovincial debt accumulation effects are negative but relatively small, except for the debt of the largest province, which has a strong positive effect on the creditworthiness of the other provinces. These findings may have implications for other federations and associated jurisdictions, such as the European Union. JEL Classification: H63, F36 Les effets de retombke de la dette gouvernementale et la cote de crkdit dans unefkdkration. On calcule l'impact de l'accumulation de la dette par les gouvernements federal et subfederaux dans une federation sur la cote de credit des autres gouvernements de la fkdkration. Ces calibrations, a l'aide d'un modele probit en utilisant les donnees provinciales canadiennes, montrent que l'accumulation de la dette par le gouvernement central a reduit la cote de credit des gouvernements provinciaux endettes. Les effets trans-provinciaux de l'accumulation de la dette sont negatifs mais relativement faibles, sauf dans le cas de la province la plus grande, laquelle a un fort effet sur la cote de credit des autres provinces. Ces rksultats peuvent avoir des implications pour d'autres federations comme 1'Union Europkenne.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007