Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Total public debt of ten cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), one of the two entities in BiH, have substantially increased in recent years. Since it is relatively small in nominal terms, this galloping trend have not attracted enough attention of decision makers. If these deve...

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Main Authors: Halebić Jasmin, Moćević Amina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-12-01
Series:South East European Journal of Economics and Business
Subjects:
public debt
federation of bosnia and herzegovina
subnational governments
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0019
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spelling doaj-de8f2f9c3bfc4621b0eb111caf25f0832021-09-06T19:41:35ZengSciendoSouth East European Journal of Economics and Business2233-19992020-12-0115210912310.2478/jeb-2020-0019jeb-2020-0019Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaHalebić Jasmin0Moćević Amina1Associate professor, Faculty of Economics, University of ZenicaPhD student, Ministry of Finance Canton SarajevoTotal public debt of ten cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), one of the two entities in BiH, have substantially increased in recent years. Since it is relatively small in nominal terms, this galloping trend have not attracted enough attention of decision makers. If these developments continue in the future, the public debt at cantonal level in FBiH might create serious fiscal problems and become one of central issues for policy makers. This has motivated our investigation of determinants that caused the increase in public debt over the period 2012-2018.https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0019public debtfederation of bosnia and herzegovinasubnational governmentsh68h74
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Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
South East European Journal of Economics and Business
public debt
federation of bosnia and herzegovina
subnational governments
h68
h74
author_facet Halebić Jasmin
Moćević Amina
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title Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort analysis of public debt at subnational government levels: evidence from cantons in the federation of bosnia and herzegovina
publisher Sciendo
series South East European Journal of Economics and Business
issn 2233-1999
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Total public debt of ten cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), one of the two entities in BiH, have substantially increased in recent years. Since it is relatively small in nominal terms, this galloping trend have not attracted enough attention of decision makers. If these developments continue in the future, the public debt at cantonal level in FBiH might create serious fiscal problems and become one of central issues for policy makers. This has motivated our investigation of determinants that caused the increase in public debt over the period 2012-2018.
topic public debt
federation of bosnia and herzegovina
subnational governments
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h74
url https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0019
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