The low-income country debt crisis had its origins in weak macroeconomic policies, and official creditors’ willingness to take risks unacceptable to private lenders. Payments problems were initially addressed through nonconcessional reschedulings and new lending that maximized financing while...

Summary The effects of stabilization policy and the impact of wage rigidities are analyzed for a small two-country currency area under the assumption of completely symmetrical demand sides and perfect capital mobility. It is shown that a different degree of wage rigidity within the area has a...