Inflation targeting and public debt reduction for emerging countries: a treatment effect approach

Mahmoud Arbouch

No 2310, Research papers & Policy papers on Economic Trends and Policies from Policy Center for the New South

Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the impact of an inflation targeting framework adoption by the central bank, on the reduction of public debt ratios in emerging countries, through the potential discipline-enhancing effect of inflation targeting on the conduct of fiscal policy in general. The impact evaluation method used is the Propensity Score Matching (PSM), which allows the evaluation of the treatment effect of inflation targeting on fiscal discipline, in terms of public debt reduction, in emerging countries that have adopted this monetary policy framework. The analysis sample includes 40 emerging countries, of which 19 adopted inflations targeting at least one year during the period 1990-2019, and 21 countries never did. The empirical results show that, on average, the adoption of inflation targeting allowed reductions of the ratio of public debt, in the range of 5.9 to 7.5 percent of GDP, for the considered emerging countries.

Date: 2023-05
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