Philipp Nickol

The Economist (@TheEconomist) just published an article discussing our new "Hidden Debt Revelations" paper (joint w/ Sebastian Horn, @davidmihalyi and @NickolPhilipp). Check it out! economist.com/finance-and-ec…

New @Moodys note on 🇸🇳 Senegal discusses audit induced large jump in public debt in the context of our research on hidden debts (w Horn, @cesarspa1, @NickolPhilipp).

Constructing a novel dataset using the history of World Bank debt statistics and quantifying hidden debt finds that debt stats are systematically under-reported. Also, studying its impact on default risk, from Horn, @davidmihalyi, Nickol, and @cesarspa1 nber.org/papers/w32947

#HiddenDebtRevelations! How reliable are public debt stats? Our working paper with S. Horn, @NickolPhilipp, @cesarspa1 is out today analyzing hidden sovereign debts across 146 countries and 53 years. Let’s dive in! ⬇️

Should you trust international debt statistics? How big is the 'hidden debt' problem which made so many headlines lately? Has debt reporting in developing countries improved lately? Summary thread of our blog previewing our forthcoming research w Sebastian Horn & @NickolPhilipp.