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If country and currency risk premiums are positively correlated, a negative international liquidity shock harms twice … currency risk premiums observed in some countries is called cousin risks. We, first, identify the extent of this phenomenon by …
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In this paper we study the question of debt sustainability from a risk management perspective. The debt accumulation … of risk, there are paths in which it is clearly unsustainable. Furthermore, we show that properties of the debt dynamics …
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Collective action clauses (CACs) are provisions specifying that a supermajority of bondholders can change the terms of a bond. We study how CACs determine governments’ fiscal incentives, sovereign bond prices and default probabilities in environments with and without contingent debt and...
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This paper presents a simple model of debt contracts in order to analyze the conditions under which domestic residents would choose to denominate debts in ``dollars''. In the model, borrowers are producers of non-traded goods, and subject to shocks on prices. The real exchange rate varies in...
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leading companies to disregard the exchange rate risk, biasing their borrowing towards foreign currency denominated debt , and … fluctuations in the exchange rate and risk management policies are of major importance to the real economy. The main results can be … foreign currency denominated debt to total debt is the main source of risk for Brazilian companies, and that foreign sales and …
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We show that a model of the spirit of capitalism can generate a high degree of international risk sharing as measured … one needs in interpreting discount-factor-based measures of international risk sharing: in the presence of portfolio … externalities, even when the measured degree of risk sharing is perfect, it is still possible for government policies to induce …
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The importance of currency and maturity mismatches in the debt structure of emerging markets is an issue that can hardly be overemphasized. Yet, while many papers have explained how imbalances in the asset and liability structure of emerging markets can cause currency and financial crises, the...
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€ instrument, enabling the government to implement its preferred policy, assured that lending will continue. To mitigate the risk …
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This paper examines whether recent international policy initiatives to facilitate financial rescues in emerging market countries have influenced debtors' incentives to access official sector resources. The paper highlights a country's systemic importance as a key characteristic that drives...
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composition of debt in Japan and Russia at the turn of the nineteenth century. …
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