This paper extends the sovereign default model described in Arellano (2008) by including both domestic and foreign debts. The government issues debt and can either inflate away its domestic debt or default on its external component. Under a discretionary policy, the existence of domestic debt...

Who has access to cheaper forms of borrowing: AAA-rated US corporations or developing countries? In contrast to all expectations, data from the World Bank suggests that the average spread on all forms of borrowing by developing countries is smaller than for top-rated US corporate bonds. Part of...