Signaling fiscal regime sustainability

On the Determination of the Public Debt

Robert J. Barro · Journal of Political Economy · 1979 · 3.2K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Public Finance +17

Debt with Potential Repudiation: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

Jonathan Eaton, Mark Gersovitz · The Review of Economic Studies · 1981 · 2.6K citations

Social Sciences, Business Economics, Economics +16

A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt

Alberto Alesina, Guido Tabellini · The Review of Economic Studies · 1990 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Public Finance +15

Why a Stubborn Conservative would Run a Deficit: Policy with Time- Inconsistent Preferences

Torsten Persson, Lars E.O. Svensson · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1989 · 1.2K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Behavioral Economics +13

Resistance to Reform: Status Quo Bias in the Presence of Individual-Specific Uncertainty: Comment

Antonio Ciccone · American Economic Review · 2004 · 986 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Business Economics, Economics +9