Testing for multiple bubbles: historical episodes on the sustainability of public debt in Spain, 1850–2020

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the dynamics of the Spanish public debt–gross domestic product ratio during the period 1850–2020. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a recent procedure to test for recurrent explosive behavior (Phillips et al., 2011; Phillips et al., 2015a, 2015b) to i...

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Main Authors: Vicente Esteve, María A. Prats
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2023-02-01
Series:Applied Economic Analysis
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/AEA-01-2021-0003/full/pdf