Sudden stops, time inconsistency, and the duration of sovereign debt /

We study the sovereign debt duration chosen by the government in the context of a standard model of sovereign default. The government balances off increasing the duration of its debt to mitigate rollover risk and lowering duration to mitigate the debt dilution problem. We present two main results. F...

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Auteur principal: Hatchondo, Juan Carlos
Autres auteurs: Martinez, Leonardo
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/174
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF