TY - EJOUR TI - Fiscal sustainability analysis: the case of PALOP economies T2 - Fiscal sustainability analysis: the case of PALOP economies AU - Afonso, A. AU - Leão, E. AU - Tiny, D. AU - Bhimjee, D. PY - 2017 SP - 1-8 SN - 2183-1815 UR - https://www.repository.utl.pt/bitstream/10400.5/13984/1/wp142017.pdf AB - The Global Financial Crisis has typically led to a significant widening of fiscal positions (i.e., higher budget deficits and public debt). We address the sustainability of public finances in Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP), through adequate econometric testing. Our findings for the period 1975-2015 suggest that most of the PALOP have compromised the sustainability of their corresponding fiscal positions, leading these economies to be set on unsustainable public finance trajectories. ER -