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Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises : The Role of Political Risk
Trebesch, Christoph - 2018
Sovereign defaults are bad news for investors and debtor countries, in particular if a default becomes messy and … to exit a default quickly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910995
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International Credit Flows and Pecuniary Externalities
Brunnermeier, Markus; Sannikov, Yuliy - CESifo - 2015
This paper develops a dynamic two-country neoclassical stochastic growth model with incomplete markets. Short-term credit flows can be excessive and reverse suddenly. The equilibrium outcome is constrained inefficient due to pecuniary externalities. First, an undercapitalized country borrows too...
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External Sovereign Debt in a Monetary Union : Bailouts and the Role of Corruption
Achury, Carolina - 2011
We build a tractable stylized model of external sovereign debt and endogenous international interest rates. In corrupt economies with rent-seeking groups stealing public resources, a politico-economic equilibrium is characterized by permanent fiscal impatience which leads to excessive issuing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121867
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International Credit Flows and Pecuniary Externalities
Brunnermeier, Markus K. - 2015
This paper develops a dynamic two-country neoclassical stochastic growth model with incomplete markets. Short-term credit flows can be excessive and reverse suddenly. The equilibrium outcome is constrained inefficient due to pecuniary externalities. First, an undercapitalized country borrows too...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028913
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Cheap Talk? Financial Sanctions and Non-Financial Activity
Besedes, Tibor - 2018
Sanctions restrict cross-border interactions and, therefore, not only put political and economic pressure on the target … country, but they also adversely affect the sender country. This paper examines the effect of financial sanctions on the … sanctions on 23 countries over the period from 1999 through 2014. Examining highly disaggregated, monthly data from the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914949
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Capital Importers Pay More for Their Imports
Adam, Antonis - 2013
We examine the effects that a country's net capital flows have on the (border) prices that a country pays for its imports of goods. Using data from 2000 to 2009 for 11 euro area countries we utilize a pricing-to-market specification to study exporters' pricing behavior to the rest of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091688
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The Penn Effect within a Country - Evidence from Japan
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2014
To control for product quality and exchange rate effects, we use the Japanese regional data to study the Penn effect – the positive relationship between price and income levels. Comparable with the evidence from international data, the Penn effect is significant in the Japanese prefectural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065291
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Why Do Trade Finance Gaps Persist : Does It Matter for Trade and Development?
Auboin, Marc - 2017
Trade finance shortfalls now appear regularly. Does this matter for trade expansion and economic development in developing countries? Global trade finance has resumed following the 2009 global financial crisis. However, the pattern of recovery has been uneven across countries and categories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956721
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On the Roles of Different Foreign Currencies in European Bank Lending
Krogstrup, Signe - 2015
We draw on a new data set on the use of Swiss francs and other currencies by European banks to assess the patterns of foreign currency bank lending. We show that the patterns differ sharply across foreign currencies. The Swiss franc is used predominantly for lending to residents, especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013086
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The Impact of Basel III on Trade Finance : The Potential Unintended Consequences of the Leverage Ratio
Auboin, Marc - 2014
Trade finance, particularly in the form of short-term letters of credit has received favourable capital treatment new Basel III rules. However, concerns have been expressed over the potential negative “unintended consequences” of the newly created leverage ratio for trade. This paper offers...
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