We propose a model of sovereign debt where countries vary in their level of financial development, defined as the extent to which countries can hedge rare disasters in international capital markets. We show that low levels of financial development generate the “debt intolerance” phenomenon...

In rare disaster models, it is a major challenge to generate large equity premium and low risk-free rate by imposing realistic consumption jump size. This paper addresses this issue based on a dynamic general equilibrium production economy with learning about rare disasters. Essentially, the...