We review the literature on sovereign debt. We organize our survey around three central questions: (1) Why do sovereign debtors ever repay their debts? (2) What burdens, in the form of distortions and inefficiencies, does sovereign debt impose? and (3) How might debt be restructured to reduce...

This chapter focuses on specific problems posed by sovereign debt (that is, debt incurred by governments, typically those of developing countries) to foreign investors seeking a competitive return. Most recently sovereign debt has taken the form primarily of loans from commercial banks, although...

Up-to-date surveys of all major research areas in international trade and international finance are presented in this volume. The chapters have a high standard of exposition, delivering ideas at the forefront of the field in a clear readable fashion. The volume has a good overall balance of...