The History and Politics of Public Debt Accounting
A country’s public debt figures vary considerably in any given year, depending on the definitions used. It creates difficulties in constructing and interpreting long-term statistical series. This chapter examines the policy issues behind the definition an
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A World of Public Debts A Political History edited by
Nicolas Barreyre Nicolas Delalande
Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Series Editors D’Maris Coffman Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment University College London London, UK Tony K. Moore ICMA Centre, Henley Business School University of Reading Reading, UK Martin Allen Department of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK Sophus Reinert Harvard Business School Cambridge, MA, USA
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A World of Public Debts A Political History
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