Summary information
Study title
Domestic and External Issues of Public Debt for Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, 1880-2000
Creator
Meissner, C., University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics and Politics
Study number / PID
4960 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4960-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Main Topics:
These data present government debt outstanding for Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa over much of the twentieth century and for Canada the late nineteenth century. The data is taken directly from government publications including statistical yearbooks.
Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.
These data present government debt outstanding for Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa over much of the twentieth century and for Canada the late nineteenth century. The data is taken directly from government publications including statistical yearbooks.
Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/03/2004 - 31/03/2004
Country
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Institutions/organisations
Administrative units (geographical/political)
Cross-national
National
Universe
The governments of Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Transcription of existing materials
Funding information
Grant number
RES-000-22-2000
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2004
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Bordo, M., Redish, A. and Meissner, C. (2004) 'How "Original Sin" was Overcome: The Evolution of External Debt Denominated in Domestic Currencies in the United States and the British Dominions' Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 122-153. ISBN9780226194578