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ALVAREZ TEXOCOTITLA, Miguel; ALVAREZ HERNANDEZ, Miguel David  e  ALVAREZ HERNANDEZ, Shaní. Public Debt, Economic Growth and Politics. Polis [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.2, pp.41-71. ISSN 2594-0686.

Can a country with serious problems of public debt increase its economic growth rate and thus stabilize or reduce its debt? In this research paper, the following hypothesis is proposed: countries cannot grow when affected by severe debt, whereby their debt will inexorably increase and become a permanent financial restriction that hinders economic growth. Under these conditions, indebtedness becomes a problem that demands a political solution in order to eradicate the financial restriction. Consequently, the purpose of this investigation is to offer arguments and statistical data to support the research hypothesis.

Palavras-chave : Public Debt; Economic Growth; Politic Institutions; H63; N10; O43.