We propose a model of sovereign debt where countries vary in their level of financial development, defined as the extent to which countries can hedge rare disasters in international capital markets. We show that low levels of financial development generate the “debt intolerance” phenomenon...

We propose a model of sovereign debt where countries vary in their level of financial development, defined as the extent to which countries can hedge rare disasters in international capital markets. We show that low levels of financial development generate the "debt intolerance" phenomenon that...

This paper provides two modified pricing PDEs for a general European option under liquidity risk, by which two modified hedges are derived. It is shown that the hedge errors of the two modified hedges approach zero as the trading time interval converges to zero inclusive of liquidity costs. An...