Economic Growth and Public Indebtedness in the Last Four Decades: Is Portugal different from the other PIIGS’ economies?

Portugal is a member of the group known by investors as ‘PIIGS’, countries characterised by having high public debt and weak economic growth. Using an extended time horizon, 1974–2014, this study seeks to empirically explore the relationship between economic growth and public debt in the PIIGS econo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ferraz Ricardo, Duarte António Portugal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Naše Gospodarstvo
Subjects:
e62
e65
h6
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2015-0021