Debt Management in India

Investigates implications of domestic debt on consumption and growth, and studies separation of debt and monetary management.

Charan Singh (Author)

9781107191273, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 April 2018

306 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.53 kg

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the implications of rising public debt in India. It specifically investigates the implications of domestic debt on consumption, the effect of monetised debt on prices, the long-term relationship between domestic debt and growth, and the separation of debt and monetary management. It studies data on debt in India from 1951 to 2017, and covers a wide canvas of issues related to debt management and important developments in the government securities market. It discusses trends in domestic debt, and provides a descriptive review of the major components of public debt. The book presents a close theoretical discussion on the Ricardian equivalence hypothesis, an important concept both historically and in contemporary literature on public debt. The implications of domestic debt delineated in the objectives are empirically analysed.

List of tables and figures
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Public debt in India
3. Ricardian equivalence: introduction
4. Ricardian equivalence: empirical studies utilising consumption function
5. Ricardian equivalence and consumption in India
6. Monetisation of debt in India
7. Domestic debt and economic growth in India
8. Separation of debt from monetary management
9. Conclusions and policy implications
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Finance [KFF], Urban economics [KCU], Development economics & emerging economies [KCM], Economic growth [KCG], Macroeconomics [KCB], Economics [KC], Public administration [JPP]