The costs of sovereign default /

This paper evaluates empirically four types of cost that may result from an international sovereign default: reputational costs, international trade exclusion costs, costs to the domestic economy through the financial system, and political costs to the authorities. It finds that the economic costs a...

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Main Authors: Borensztein, Eduardo (Author), Ugo, Panizza (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., 2008.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1451915497
9781451915495
1462331572
9781462331574
1452701652
9781452701653
1282841890
9781282841895
9786612841897
6612841893
ISSN:2227-8885 ;
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; II. Two Hundred Years of Sovereign Default; III. Default and GDP Growth; IV. Default and Reputation; V. Default and International Trade; VI. Default and the Domestic Banking System; VII. Political Implications of Default; VIII. Conclusions; References; Figures; 1. Number of Defaults (1824-2004); Tables; 1. Default Episodes; 2. Default and Growth, Panel 1972-2000; 3. Default and Growth, Panel 1972-2000; 4. Default and Credit Ratings, Cross Section Regression, 1999-2002; 5. Defaults and Bond Spreads, Panel Regression, 1997-2004; 6. Default and Trade Credit
  • 7. Default and Trade: Does Trade Credit Matter?8. Probabilities of Default and Banking Crisis; 9. Default and Industry Value-Added Growth; 10. Defaults and Elections; 11. Type of Default; 12. Type of Default and Government; Appendix Tables; A1. Private Lending to Sovereign. Default and Rescheduling; A2: Logit Model for the Probability of Default