Deadly embrace: Sovereign and financial balance sheets doom loops

E Farhi, J Tirole - The Review of Economic Studies, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The recent unravelling of the Eurozone's financial integration raised concerns about
feedback loops between sovereign and banking insolvency. This article provides a theory of …

International reserves and rollover risk

J Bianchi, JC Hatchondo, L Martinez - American Economic Review, 2018 - aeaweb.org
We study the optimal accumulation of international reserves in a quantitative model of
sovereign default with long-term debt and a risk-free asset. Kee** higher levels of …

Enough potential repudiation: economic and legal aspects of sovereign debt in the pandemic era

A Gelpern, U Panizza - Annual Review of Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent economic and legal literature on sovereign debt in light of the
COVID-19 shock. Most of the core theoretical contributions across the two disciplines hinge …

Sovereign debt

M Aguiar, M Amador - Handbook of international economics, 2014 - Elsevier
In this chapter, we use a benchmark limited-commitment model to explore key issues in the
economics of sovereign debt. After highlighting conceptual issues that distinguish sovereign …

Self-fulfilling debt crises: A quantitative analysis

L Bocola, A Dovis - American Economic Review, 2019 - aeaweb.org
This paper investigates the role of self-fulfilling expectations in sovereign bond markets. We
consider a model of sovereign borrowing featuring endogenous debt maturity, risk-averse …

Take the short route: Equilibrium default and debt maturity

M Aguiar, M Amador, H Hopenhayn, I Werning - Econometrica, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We study the interactions between sovereign debt default and maturity choice in a setting
with limited commitment for repayment as well as future debt issuances. Our main finding is …

Sovereign debt: a review

M Aguiar, M Amador - 2013 - nber.org
In this chapter, we use a benchmark limited-commitment model to explore key issues in the
economics of sovereign debt. After highlighting conceptual issues that distinguish sovereign …

Dynamic debt maturity

Z He, K Milbradt - The Review of Financial Studies, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A firm chooses its debt maturity structure and default timing dynamically, both without
commitment. Via the fraction of newly issued short-term bonds, equity holders control the …

Political economy of sovereign debt: A theory of cycles of populism and austerity

A Dovis, M Golosov, A Shourideh - 2016 - nber.org
We study optimal fiscal and redistributive policies in an open economy without commitment.
Due to its redistributive motives, the government's incentive to default on its external debt is …

[HTML][HTML] On a lender of last resort with a central bank and a stability fund

G Callegari, R Marimon, A Wicht, L Zavalloni - Review of Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
We explore the complementarity between a central bank and a financial stability Fund in
stabilizing sovereign debt markets. The central bank pursuing its mandate can intervene …