Sovereign debt restructurings can be implemented preemptively - prior to a payment default. We code a comprehensive new … sovereign debt model that incorporates preemptive and post-default renegotiations. The model improves the fit with the data and … explains the sovereign’s optimal choice: preemptive restructurings occur when default risk is high ex-ante, while defaults …

default induced redistribution and costs due to income losses in the wake of a default. Their choice of short- versus long …-term debt affects default and rollover decisions by subsequent policy makers. The equilibrium maturity structure is shaped by … low, or a cross default more likely. These predictions are consistent with empirical evidence. …

the time-path of consumption. Altruism towards parents influences incentives to default. If altruism is low, voters demand … human capital discourages investment in private and public capital. The threat of default enters as a constraint that may …

We develop a sovereign debt model with official and private creditors where default risk depends on both the level and … presence of long-term debt overhang, the availability of official funds increases the probability of default on existing debt …, although default does not trigger exclusion from private credit markets. These findings help shed light on joint default and …