Luckner, Clemens von <Graf>; Meyer, Josefin; Reinhart, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study sovereign external debt crises over the past 200 years, with a focus on creditor losses, or "haircuts". Our sample covers 327 sovereign debt restructurings with external private creditors over 205 default spells since 1815. Creditor losses vary widely (from none to 100%), but the...
