We investigate markets for defaultable sovereign debt in which even though there are many identical lenders and symmetric information (including no hidden actions), perfect competition does not obtain. When a private lender allows a sovereign country to increase its level of indebtedness, that...

We investigate markets for defaultable sovereign debt in which even though there are many identical lenders and symmetric information (including no hidden actions), perfect competition does not obtain. When a private lender allows a sovereign country to increase its level of indebtedness, that...

Many jurisdictions have recently introduced reforms to their debt restructuring regimes in order to ensure that financially distressed but viable companies have effective tools to facilitate their rescue. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the need for such tools. The inclusion of a statutory...