ABSTRACT
This study relates to the literature regarding credibility effect on public debt for developing economies under inflation targeting. The novelty is the investigation of effects of both monetary and fiscal credibility on public debt and its management. The main idea is that high credibility might improve public debt management. With this purpose, this paper addresses empirical evidence based on the Brazilian experience. The findings denote that credibility is an important instrument to improve the public debt management under inflation targeting.
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Notes
1 For examples of the use of this credibility index and its variations in the literature, see de Mendonça and Tostes (Citation2015), Montes (Citation2013), and de Mendonça and de Guimarães e Souza (Citation2009).
4 Tests regarding unit root, specification, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation are available upon request to the authors.
5 The variable DEBT was not considered in the models in order to eliminate the risk of simultaneity bias.
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