Does external debt lead to economic growth in Pacific island countries

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作者
Jayaraman, T. K. [1 ]
Lau, Evan [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ S Pacific, Fac Business & Econ, Sch Econ, Suva, Fiji
[2] Univ Malaysia Sarawak, Fac Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Kota Samarahan 94300, Sarawak, Malaysia
关键词
External debt; Exports; Budget deficits; Growth; Panel cointegration; Pacific islands; UNIT-ROOT TESTS; PANEL-DATA; COINTEGRATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.05.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
With the change in donors' priorities since the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s, there has been a decline in annual aid inflows to Pacific island countries (PICs), which have been among the world's top recipients of aid per capita in the past. Along with fall in aid inflows, growing annual domestic budgetary deficits in recent years have forced some PICs to finance them through borrowing. This paper seeks to examine whether external debt contributed to economic growth in PICs by undertaking a study of six major PICs. (C) 2008 Society for Policy Modeling. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:272 / 288
页数:17
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