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The purpose of this paper is to offer some empirical evidence on the evolution of real rates of interest in the past twenty years in the main industrialized countries.
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Galli, G., Masera, R. (1984). Real Rates of Interest and Public Sector Deficits in Six Major Industrial Countries. In: Fair, D.E., de Juvigny, F.L. (eds) Government Policies and the Working of Financial Systems in Industrialized Countries. Financial and Monetary Policy Studies, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6204-0_17
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