The quiet side of debt: public debt management in advanced economies

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2022-12-23 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwac070

Charlotte Rommerskirchen, Arjen W van der Heide

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Abstract

Whilst both the level and the make-up of public debt are high salience issues, the management of public debt seldom commands public attention. This study examines the quiet politics of public debt management in advanced capitalist societies, comparing debt management reforms and the everyday practice of debt management in Germany and the UK. We present evidence of two factors contributing to the political quietude around public debt management: a persistent absence of partisan contestation and conflict; and the dominance of ‘market discipline’ as an interpretative frame, which prevents changes in interest rates and debt servicing costs to be seen as the product of faulty debt management. We also find that this quietude creates a space for the coordination and cooperation between contemporary capitalist states and large dealer banks, whose capacities effectively to act within their respective domains depend on each other.

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债务安静的一面:发达经济体的公共债务管理

虽然公共债务的水平和构成都是非常突出的问题，但公共债务的管理很少引起公众的注意。本研究考察了发达资本主义社会中公共债务管理的安静政治，比较了德国和英国的债务管理改革和债务管理的日常实践。我们提出的证据表明，有两个因素促成了围绕公共债务管理的政治平静:党派争论和冲突的持续缺失;“市场纪律”作为一种解释性框架的主导地位，可以防止利率和偿债成本的变化被视为错误债务管理的产物。我们还发现，这种平静为当代资本主义国家和大型交易商银行之间的协调与合作创造了空间，它们在各自领域内有效行动的能力相互依赖。

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