Debt and Economic Growth in Developing and Industrial Countries

Alfredo Schclarek ()

No 2005:34, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper empirically explores the relationship between debt and growth for a number of developing and industrial economies. For developing countries, we find that lower total external debt levels are associated with higher growth rates, and that this negative relationship is driven by the incidence of public external debt, and not by private external debt. Regarding the channels through which debt accumulation affects growth, we find that this is mainly driven by the capital accumulation growth. There is only limited evidence on the relationship between external debt and total factor productivity growth. In addition, for private savings rates there are mixed results. We do not find any support for an inverted-U shape relationship between external debt and growth. For industrial countries, we do not find any significant relationship between gross government debt and economic growth.

Keywords: External Debt; Public debt; Economic Growth; Capital Accumulation; Productivity Growth; Private Savings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F34 H63 O10 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2004-12-04
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