Title:	A debt sustainability analysis of the Czech republic and the Slovak republic: a non parametric approach
Authors:	Farkašovský, Vlastimil Lawson, Colin William Zimková, Emília
Citation:	E+M. Ekonomie a Management = Economics and Management. 2015, č. 3, s. 18-29.
Issue Date:	2015
Publisher:	Technická univerzita v Liberci
Document type:	článek article
URI:	http://www.ekonomie-management.cz/download/1441645349_c3d0/02_A+DEBT+SUSTAINABILITY+ANALYSIS.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11025/17620
ISSN:	2336-5604 (Online) 1212-3609 (Print)
Keywords:	udržitelnost veřejného dluhu;poměr primární bilance k HDP;poměr veřejného dluhu k HDP;velikost hrubého veřejného dluhu
Keywords in different language:	public debt sustainability;primary balance to GDP ratio;public debt to GDP ratio;gross public debt stock
Abstract in different language:	Surging public debt since the Great Recession has focused increasing attention on the issue of debt sustainability. This paper provides debt sustainability analyses for the Czech Republic and Slovakia by estimating their public debt to GDP, and primary balance to GDP ratios up until 2022 under three different projections. The first, labelled the baseline projection, predicts their debt ratios to 2022, if neither their public debt to GDP ratios nor their primary balance to GDP ratios change. This projection uses the official forecasts of the key variables. The second projection answers the question of how much the two counties have to consolidate, measured by their primary balance to GDP ratios, if they want to hold their public debt to GDP ratios at their current levels. The third projection answers the question of how much the countries have to consolidate if they aim to reattain their December 2008 pre-crisis public debt to GDP ratios. All three projections are made for the same five scenarios, which cover a status quo case, where official forecasts are realized, and both optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for growth and consolidation outcomes. The paper`s novelty lies in its development of an existing non-parametric methodology to encompass iterative numerical solution methods to assess public debt sustainability. This allows a richer set of results to be obtained, for example estimates for the required level of the public debt to GDP ratio, and the primary balance to GDP ratio, taking account of variables such as nominal interest rates, yields to maturity on public debt, inflation rates and average maturities of debt.
Rights:	© Technická univerzita v Liberci CC BY-NC 4.0
Appears in Collections:	Číslo 3 (2015) Číslo 3 (2015)

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