脪scar Jord脿 is Professor of 福利导航s at the University of California Davis. He obtained his Ph.D. in 福利导航s at the University of California, San Diego. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business and 福利导航 Statistics, Empirical 福利导航s, and the Journal of Econometric Methods. He has consulted for the European Central Bank and the Bank of Korea, and has been a visiting scholar for the Federal Reserve Board and the Banco de Chile. He is currently a visiting scholar with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. His research spans monetary and international economics, time series methods for macroeconomics, and forecasting. Recent contributions have appeared in American 福利导航 Review, International 福利导航 Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of 福利导航s and Statistics and several other journals.
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Sovereigns versus banks: Crises, causes and consequences
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, few would dispute the risks of excessive borrowing. But which debts should one worry about 鈥� public or private? This column presents new research on the interplay of public and private debts since 1870 in 17 advanced economies. History demonstrates that excessive private-sector borrowing plays a greater role than fiscal profligacy in generating financial instability. However, when the credit boom collapses, the government’s capacity to alleviate the downturn is limited by the prevailing level of public debt.