Spatial interactions in local public debt. Evidence from Poland

Banaszewska, Monika

doi:10.18559/ebr.2023.3.751

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to investigate spatial interactions among the debt of 2,442 municipalities in Poland over the period 2005–2020. Using the dynamic spatial Durbin model with two-way fixed effects, it provides empirical evidence of positive spatial interactions. It is estimated that an increase in debt per capita in a given municipality by PLN 100 is related to an increase in the debt per capita in neighbouring municipalities by PLN 8–10. The result is robust to the various specifications of spatial weight matrix (contiguity vs. inverse-distance with a cut-off). It is also found that municipal debt in Poland suffers from high persistence over time. Keywords: municipalities, dynamic spatial Durbin model, debt persistence.

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