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during the Eurozone crisis. We propose a model to analyze and understand bailouts in a monetary union, and the large observed … bailout was to prevent an exit from the eurozone and possible contagion. Bailouts to avoid sovereign default were …Despite a formal 'no-bailout clause,' we estimate significant net present value transfers from the European Union to …
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We use a new, comprehensive data set on the sovereign debt investor base to document three novel empirical facts: (i) sovereign debt is repatriated - that is, shifted from external private to domestic investors - prior to sovereign defaults; (ii) not all crises are equal: evidence for...
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This paper surveys the literature on sovereign debt from the perspective of understanding how sovereign debt differs from privately issue debt, and why sovereign debt is deemed safe in some countries but risky in others. The answers relate to the unique power of the sovereign. One the one hand,...
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This paper documents and analyzes crisis-related changes in government debt issuance practices in the 16 euro zone … shift away from pre-crisis standards of best funding practices competitive auctions of debt instruments with a fixed coupon … conclude that the crisis and related changes in the macroeconomic environment and investor sentiment can account …
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This paper explores the feasibility of an idea proposed first by the German Council of Economic Experts in 2011 and revisited by Italian and French authorities in 2021: the one-off mutualization of some European legacy debt through the creation of a European Debt Management Agency (EDMA). The...
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Public debt ratios in Europe increased significantly in response to the pandemic and energy shocks and have remained higher than before the pandemic in most countries. Going forward, the projected public debt trajectories are broadly flat overall in advanced Europe but have a rising profile in...
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While the use of public resources is critical to cushion the impact of the financial crisis on the euro-area economy …
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conditions in the CDS market. But the relative importance of these factors changes over time. While during the 2008/09 crisis … crisis. Our generalised variance decomposition analyisis does not suggest strong direct spillovers from the euro area …
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sovereign debt crisis have been driven mainly by weak growth prospects and heightened sovereign risk and to a lesser extent, by …
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