Public Debt Sustainability and Management in a Compound Option Framework /

This paper introduces the Asset and Liability Management (ALM) compound option model. The model builds on the observation that the public sector net worth in a multi-period setting corresponds to the value of an option on an option on total government assets. Hence, the ALM compound option model is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chan-Lau, Jorge
Other Authors: Santos, Andre
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/002
Online Access:Full text available on IMF