The Threshold Effect of Government Debt on Private Sector Consumption in Iran

Mohammadzadeh Asl, Nazi

The Threshold Effect of Government Debt on Private Sector Consumption in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Nazi Mohammadzadeh Asl

Assistant professor, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Faculty of accounting and economy

Abstract

Governmental debts mean income reduction and increase of government expenditures with impression on household disposable income that influence on their consumption. This impact, in some cases has expansion positive effects and in some other cases, reduces consumption, investment and economic growth and other values. The main aim of this paper is to study the linear and non-linear relations between consumption of private sector and government debts in Iran. For this purpose, the period between 1358-1395 years was considered and after confirmation of non-linear relation, government debt threshold was achieved by Smooth Transition Regression method . Results show that in the considered time period, the average government debt to GDP was around 60%, but threshold was estimated 46%. In other words, passing threshold causes by increasing government debts and probability of government inability to debts repayment, consumption of private sector will be reduced indirectly. So Policy makers in Iran cannot leverage government debt as a positive expansion in Iran's economy.

Keywords

Private consumption

Government Debt

Nonlinear Effects

Threshold model

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