Arbeitspapier

Early warning system of government debt crises

The European debt crisis has revealed serious deficiencies and risks on a proper functioning of the monetary union. Against this backdrop, early warning systems are of crucial importance. In this study that focuses on euro area member states, the robustness of early warning systems to predict crises of government debt is evaluated. Robustness is captured via several dimensions, such as the chronology of past crises, econometric methods, and the selection of indicators in forecast combinations. The chosen approach is shown to be crucial for the results. Therefore, the construction of early warning systems should be based on a wide set of variables and methods in order to be able to draw reliable conclusions.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1724

Classification
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
Subject
sovereign debt crises
multiple bubbles
signal approach
logit
panel data model

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Dreger, Christian
Kholodilin, Konstantin A.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2018

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Dreger, Christian
  • Kholodilin, Konstantin A.
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Time of origin

  • 2018

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