Debt ceiling and fiscal sustainability in Brazil: A quantile autoregression approach

Luiz Lima (), Wagner Gaglianone and Raquel M.B. Sampaio

Journal of Development Economics, 2008, vol. 86, issue 2, 313-335

Abstract: In this paper we investigate fiscal sustainability by using a quantile autoregression (QAR) model. We propose a novel methodology to separate periods of nonstationarity from stationary ones, allowing us to identify various trajectories of public debt that are compatible with fiscal sustainability. We use such trajectories to construct a debt ceiling, that is, the largest value of public debt that does not jeopardize long-run fiscal sustainability. We make an out-of-sample forecast of such a ceiling and show how it could be used by Policy makers interested in keeping the public debt on a sustainable path. We illustrate the applicability of our results using Brazilian data.

Date: 2008
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