JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696) H - Public Economics (1336) H6 - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt (122) H63 - Debt; Debt Management (57)
Number of items at this level: 57.
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
  • Gough, Ian, Siegel, Nico (1999). Debito pubblico e crisi fiscale dello Stato. In Castronovo, Valerio (Ed.), Storia Dell’economia Mondiale (pp. 493-507). Editori Laterza.
    • Centre for Economic Performance
  • Ardagna, Silvia, Caselli, Francesco (2014). The political economy of the Greek debt crisis: a tale of two bailouts. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 6(4), 291-323. https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.6.4.291
  • Brunnermeier, Markus K., Garicano, Luis, Lane, Philip R., Pagano, Marco, Reis, Ricardo, Santos, Tano, Thesmar, David, Nieuwerburgh, Stijn Van, Vayanos, Dimitri (2016). The sovereign-bank diabolic loop and ESBies. (CEP Discussion Paper 1414). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Caselli, Francesco (1997). On the distribution of debt and taxes. Journal of Public Economics, 65(3), 367-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00019-4
  • Cunha, Alexandre B., Ornelas, Emanuel (2014). Political competition and the limits of political compromise. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1263). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Ornelas, Emanuel (2016). Special and differential treatment for developingcountries. (CEP Discussion Paper 1415). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Ritschl, Albrecht (2012). The German transfer problem, 1920-1933: a sovereign debt perspective. European Review of History, 19(6), 943-964. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2012.739147
  • Valero, Anna, Van Reenen, John (2011). Slow growth does not have to be our ‘new normal’. Government needs to change the way it looks at the growth problem in the long term.
  • Van Reenen, John (2010). Extreme austerity is the wrong medicine.
    • Centre for Macroeconomics
  • Diniz, Andre, Guimaraes, Bernardo (2014). Financial disruption as a cost of sovereign default: a quantitative assessment. (CFM discussion paper series CFM-DP2014-27). Centre For Macroeconomics.
  • Diniz, Andre, Guimaraes, Bernardo (2017). How diabolic is the sovereign-bank loop? The effects of post-default fiscal policies. (CFM discussion paper series CFM-DP2017-05). Centre For Macroeconomics.
  • Ellison, Martin, Scott, Andrew (2017). Managing the UK National Debt 1694-2017. (CFM discussion paper series CFM-DP2017-27). Centre For Macroeconomics.
  • Guimaraes, Bernardo, Ladeira, Carlos Eduardo (2017). The determinants of IMF fiscal conditionalities: economics or politics? (CFM discussion paper series CFM-DP2017-03). Centre For Macroeconomics.
    • Economic History
  • Accominotti, Olivier, Albers, Thilo, Oosterlinck, Kim (2024). Selective default expectations. Review of Financial Studies, 37(6), 1979 – 2015. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhad087 picture_as_pdf
  • Esteves, Rui, Kenny, Seán, Lennard, Jason (2026). The aftermath of sovereign debt crises: a narrative approach. Journal of Economic History, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050725100995 picture_as_pdf
  • Hileman, Garrick (2012). The seven mechanisms for achieving sovereign debt sustainability. (Economic history working papers). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Papadia, Andrea (2017). Sovereign defaults during the Great Depression: the role of fiscal fragility. (Economic History Working Papers 255/2017). London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department.
  • Ritschl, Albrecht (2012). The German transfer problem, 1920-1933: a sovereign debt perspective. European Review of History, 19(6), 943-964. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2012.739147
    • Economics
  • Ardagna, Silvia, Caselli, Francesco (2014). The political economy of the Greek debt crisis: a tale of two bailouts. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 6(4), 291-323. https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.6.4.291
  • Brunnermeier, Markus K., Garicano, Luis, Lane, Philip R., Pagano, Marco, Reis, Ricardo, Santos, Tano, Thesmar, David, Nieuwerburgh, Stijn Van, Vayanos, Dimitri (2016). The sovereign-bank diabolic loop and ESBies. (CEP Discussion Paper 1414). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Brunnermeier, Markus K., Garicano, Luis, Lane, Philip R., Pagano, Marco, Reis, Ricardo, Santos, Tano, Thesmar, David, Van Nieuwerberg, Stijn, Vayanos, Dimitri (2016). The sovereign-bank diabolic loop and ESBies. American Economic Review, 106(5), 508-512. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161107
  • Caselli, Francesco (1997). On the distribution of debt and taxes. Journal of Public Economics, 65(3), 367-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00019-4
  • Guimaraes, Bernardo (2011). Sovereign default: which shocks matter? Review of Economic Dynamics, 14(4), 553-576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2010.10.002
  • Hilscher, Jens, Raviv, Alon, Reis, Ricardo (2022). How likely is an inflation disaster? (CEPR Press Discussion Paper 17224). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Ilzetzki, Ethan, Mendoza, Enrique G., Végh, Carlos A. (2013). How big (small?) are fiscal multipliers? Journal of Monetary Economics, 60(2), 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2012.10.011
  • Ilzetzki, Ethan, Mendoza, Enrique G., Végh Gramont, Carlos A. (2011). How big (small?) are fiscal multipliers? (Working Paper 11/52). International Monetary Fund.
  • Reis, Ricardo (2021). The constraint on public debt when r < g but g < m. (BIS Working Papers 939). Bank for International Settlements.
  • Reis, Ricardo (2021). The constraint on public debt when r < g but g < m. (CEPR Press Discussion Paper 15950). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Reis, Ricardo (2022). Debt revenue and the sustainability of public debt. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 36(4), 103-124. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.36.4.103 picture_as_pdf
  • Reis, Ricardo, Velasco, Andres (2025). Fiscal policy and public debt. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 197 - 217). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.f picture_as_pdf
  • Valero, Anna, Van Reenen, John (2011). Slow growth does not have to be our ‘new normal’. Government needs to change the way it looks at the growth problem in the long term.
  • Van Reenen, John (2010). Extreme austerity is the wrong medicine.
    • European Institute
  • Buiter, Willem H. (2005). Joys and pains of public debt. In de Gijsel, Peter, Schenk, Hans (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Economics: the Birth of a New Economics Faculty in the Netherlands (pp. 209-224). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Codogno, Lorenzo, Corsetti, Giancarlo (2022). Debt sustainability analysis is back. Sudden shifts in underlying factors may push high-debt countries into a bad equilibrium. Economia Italiana, 2022(2), 121 - 142. picture_as_pdf
  • de Grauwe, Paul (2010). Fighting the wrong enemy. VoxEU,
  • de Grauwe, Paul (2010). Quelle gouvernance pour la zone Euro? Revue d'Économie Financière, 100,
  • de Grauwe, Paul (2011). What kind of governance for the Eurozone. In Meeusen, Wim (Ed.), The Economic Crisis and European Integration (pp. 7-16). Edward Elgar.
  • de Grauwe, Paul (2010). What kind of governance for the eurozone? (CEPS policy brief 241). Centre for European Policy Studies.
  • de Grauwe, Paul (2010). A mechanism of self-destruction of the eurozone. (CEPS commentaries). Centre for European Policy Studies.
  • de Grauwe, Paul (2010). The road to self-destruction of the eurozone. Eurointelligence,
    • Finance
  • Brunnermeier, Markus K., Garicano, Luis, Lane, Philip R., Pagano, Marco, Reis, Ricardo, Santos, Tano, Thesmar, David, Nieuwerburgh, Stijn Van, Vayanos, Dimitri (2016). The sovereign-bank diabolic loop and ESBies. (CEP Discussion Paper 1414). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Greenwood, Robin, Vayanos, Dimitri (2014). Bond supply and excess bond returns. Review of Financial Studies, 27(3), 663 - 713. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hht133
  • Greenwood, Robin, Vayanos, Dimitri (2010). Price pressure in the government bond market. American Economic Review, 100(2), 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.2.585
  • Guibaud, Stéphane, Nosbusch, Yves, Vayanos, Dimitri (2011). Bond market clienteles, the yield curve and the optimal maturity structure of government debt. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 669). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Guibaud, Stéphane, Nosbusch, Yves, Vayanos, Dimitri (2013). Bond market clienteles, the yield curve, and the optimal maturity structure of government debt. Review of Financial Studies, 26(8), 1914-1961. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hht013
  • Nosbusch, Yves (2008). Interest costs and the optimal maturity structure of government debt. The Economic Journal, 118(527), 477-498. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02130.x
    • Financial Markets Group
  • Eijffinger, Sylvester, Huizinga, Harry, Lemmen, Jan (1997). Short-term and long-term government debt and non-resident interest withholding taxes. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 275). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Goodhart, Charles (2017). The optimal size for central bank balance sheets. Central Banking, XXVIII(2), 128-135.
  • Greenwood, Robin, Vayanos, Dimitri (2008). Bond supply and excess bond returns. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 607). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Grantham Research Institute
  • Kling, Gerhard, Lo, Yuen C, Murinde, Victor, Volz, Ulrich (2025). Climate vulnerability and the cost of debt. Oxford Open Economics, 4, https://doi.org/10.1093/ooec/odaf003 picture_as_pdf
  • Volz, Ulrich (2022). On the potential of sovereign state-contingent debt in contributing to better public debt management and enhancing sustainability outcomes. Journal of Globalization and Development, 13(2), 379 - 409. https://doi.org/10.1515/jgd-2021-0071 picture_as_pdf
    • Hellenic Observatory
  • Alogoskoufis, George (2024). Before and after the political transition of 1974: institutions, politics, and the economy of post-war Greece. (GreeSE Papers: Hellenic Observatory Discussion Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 198). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Christodoulakis, Nicos (2016). Aspects of economic governance in the Euro area: restoring internal and external balances. Politica Economica, 32(3), 489-510. https://doi.org/10.1429/85008
  • Economides, George, Koliousi, Giota, Miaouli, Natasha, Philippopoulos, Apostolis (2024). From debt arithmetic to fiscal sustainability and fiscal rules: taking stock and policy lessons. (GreeSE Papers: Hellenic Observatory Discussion Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 194). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
    • International Relations
  • Cormier, Ben, Naqvi, Natalya (2025). Indexes, currencies, and the political economy of sovereign bond market access. International Studies Quarterly, 69(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaf088 picture_as_pdf
  • Dafe, Florence, Essers, Dennis, Volz, Ulrich (2018). Localising sovereign debt: the rise of local currency bond markets in sub‐Saharan Africa. World Economy, https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12624
    • LSE
  • Dolphin, Tony (2011). With an easing of fiscal policy off the cards, George Osborne’s only hope for growth may lie with another round of quantitative easing.
  • Hallerberg, Mark, Scartascini, Carlos (2015). When do governments improve fiscal institutions? Lessons from financial crisis and fiscal reform in Latin America. Economía, 16(1), 41 - 76. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.71 picture_as_pdf
  • Hernández-Trillo, Fausto, Smith-Ramírez, Ricardo (2009). Credit ratings in the presence of bailout: the case of Mexican subnational government debt. Economía, 10(1), 45 - 79. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.0.0033 picture_as_pdf
  • Lennard, Jason, Kenny, Seán, Esteves, Rui (2021). The aftermath of sovereign debt crises: a narrative approach. (Department of Economic History Working Papers 2021). Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Sandleris, Guido (2016). The costs of sovereign default: theory and empirical evidence. Economía, 16(2), 1 - 28. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.76 picture_as_pdf
    • School of Public Policy
  • Céspedes, Luis Felipe, Velasco, Andres (2013). Was this time different? Fiscal policy in commodity republics. (NBER Working Paper 19748). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w19748
  • Reis, Ricardo, Velasco, Andres (2025). Fiscal policy and public debt. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 197 - 217). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.f picture_as_pdf
    • Systemic Risk Centre
  • Berger, Michael, Sommersguter-Reichmann, Margit, Czypionka, Thomas (2020). Determinants of soft budget constraints: how public debt affects hospital performance in Austria. Social Science and Medicine, 249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112855 picture_as_pdf
  • Chwieroth, Jeffrey, Simpson, Cohen, Walter, Andrew (2014). Networked default: public debt, trade embeddedness, and partisan survival in democracies since 1870. (Systemic Risk Centre Discussion Papers 22). Systemic Risk Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science.