Quantitative properties of sovereign default models : solution methods matter /

We study the sovereign default model that has been used to account for the cyclical behavior of interest rates in emerging market economies. This model is often solved using the discrete state space technique with evenly spaced grid points. We show that this method necessitates a large number of gri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martinez, Leonardo
Other Authors: Hatchondo, Juan Carlos, Sapriza, Horacio
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/100
Online Access:Full text available on IMF