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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464021503321

Autore

Di Giovanni Julian

Titolo

A simple stochastic approach to debt sustainability applied to Lebanon / / Julian di Giovanni and Edward Gardner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-1140-7

1-4527-0065-6

1-4518-6958-4

1-282-84052-5

9786612840524

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/97

Altri autori (Persone)

GardnerEdward

Disciplina

336.34

Soggetti

Debts, Public - Lebanon - Econometric models

Fiscal policy - Lebanon - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lebanon Economic conditions Econometric models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Lebanon's Debt Dynamics; III. Methodology; Tables; 1. Standard Deviation of Changes in Monthly Real Short-Term Interest Rates, 1998-2007; A. Construction of the Variance-Covariance Matrix of Shocks; B. Monte Carlo Simulation; IV. Simulation Results; A. Summary Statistics and Simulation Distributions; 2. Standard Deviation of Shocks, 1998-2007; 3. Correlation Matrix of Shocks; Figures; 1a. Distribution of Simulated Values of Real GDP Growth Rate (g): 2008-12; 1b. Distribution of Simulated Values of Effective Interest Rate (r): Temporary Shocks, 2008 -12

1c. Distribution of Simulated Values of Effective Interest Rate (r): Permanent Shocks, 2008-121d. Distribution of Simulated Values of Debt-to-GDP Ratio (d): Temporary Shocks, 2008-12; 1e. Distribution of Simulated Values of Debt-to-GDP Ratio (d): Permanent Shocks, 2008-



12; B. Fan Charts; 2a. Scenario's Debt-to-GDP Ratio Fan Chart: Temporary Shocks, 2007-12; V. Conclusion; 2b. Scenario's Debt-to-GDP Ratio Fan Chart: Permanent Shocks, 2007-12; Appendix; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper applies a simple probabilistic approach to debt sustainability analysis to the case of Lebanon. The paper derives ""fan charts"" to depict the probability distribution of the government debt to GDP ratio under a medium-term adjustment scenario, as a result of shocks to GDP growth and interest rates. The distribution of shocks is derived from the past shocks to these variables and the related variance covariance. Because we are interested in assessing the sustainability of a particular policy scenario, we do not consider independent fiscal policy shocks or the endogenous policy respo