This article analyses the spatial interdependence of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in a cross-section framework using the <italic>Contagion Index</italic> proposed by Baldwin and Jaimovich (2010). A Bayesian heteroskedastic probit model is estimated, where a spatial lag is built based on the <italic>Contagion Index</italic>,...

Commonly used data sets on the level of public debt provide incomplete country and period coverage. This article presents a new data set that includes complete series of central government debt for 89 countries over the period 1991 to 2005 and for 7 other countries for the period 1993 to 2005.