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Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo
Meyer, Josefin; Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2019
This paper studies external sovereign bonds as an asset class. We compile a new database of 220,000 monthly prices of foreign-currency government bonds traded in London and New York between 1815 (the Battle of Waterloo) and 2016, covering 91 countries. Our main insight is that, as in equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263139
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Sovereign bonds since Waterloo
Meyer, Josefin; Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2019
This paper studies external sovereign bonds as an asset class. We compile a new database of 220,000 monthly prices of foreign-currency government bonds traded in London and New York between 1815 (the Battle of Waterloo) and 2016, covering 91 countries. Our main insight is that, as in equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159952
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The International Monetary Fund : 70 years of reinvention
Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2015 - This draft: December 10, 2015
A sketch of the International Monetary Fund's 70-year history reveals an institution that has reinvented itself over time along multiple dimensions. This history is primarily consistent with a "demand driven" theory of institutional change, as the needs of its clients and the type of crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405082
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The International Monetary Fund : 70 years of reinvention
Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2015 - This draft: December 10, 2015
A sketch of the International Monetary Fund's 70-year history reveals an institution that has reinvented itself over time along multiple dimensions. This history is primarily consistent with a "demand driven" theory of institutional change, as the needs of its clients and the type of crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406766
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Sovereign haircuts : 200 years of creditor losses
Luckner, Clemens von <Graf>; Meyer, Josefin; Reinhart, … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014557831
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Sovereign Haircuts : 200 Years of Creditor Losses
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576628
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China as an international lender of last resort
Horn, Sebastian; Parks, Bradley; Reinhart, Carmen M.; … - 2023 - First draft: March 2023
This paper shows that China has launched a new global system for cross-border rescue lending to countries in debt distress. We build the first comprehensive dataset on China’s overseas bailouts between 2000 and 2021 and provide new insights into China’s growing role in the global financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247738
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Financial crash, commodity prices, and global imbalances
Caballero, Ricardo J.; Farhi, Emmanuel; Gourinchas, … - In: Brookings papers on economic activity : BPEA (2008) 2, pp. 1-68
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003848236
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The International Monetary Fund: 70 years of reinvention
Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2015
A sketch of the International Monetary Fund's 70-year history reveals an institution that has reinvented itself over time along multiple dimensions. This history is primarily consistent with a "demand driven" theory of institutional change, as the needs of its clients and the type of crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011498368
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China's overseas lending
Horn, Sebastian; Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2019
Compared with China's dominance in world trade, its expanding role in global finance is poorly documented and … understood. Over the past decades, China has exported record amounts of capital to the rest of the world. Many of these financial … flows are not reported to the IMF, the BIS or the World Bank. "Hidden debts" to China are especially significant for about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026888