A measure of the public's expectation of inflation would assist the Fed in formulating monetary policy. In order to create such a measure, the U.S. Treasury could issue its debt in two forms: standard debt and debt indexed for inflation. The difference in yield on these two forms of debt would...

For multiple decades, activists have sought to institute an international legal regime that limits the ability of despotic governments to borrow money and then shift those obligations onto more democratic successor governments. Our goal in this article is to raise the possibility of an alternate...

Inflation is a dreaded word, the mere mention of which can shake the confidence of economists, investment bankers, policy makers, government as well as investors alike. Sustained inflation makes all of us poorer in the long run. Thrift has not been a rewarding proposition for Indian investors in...

Although inflation-linked bonds have many advantages, nominal bonds are the most important instrument to finance public debts throughout the world. One explanation that the literature has offered is that nominal bonds make countercyclical monetary policies more effective. This paper reconsiders...

In this paper we review the literature on sovereign debt with particular emphasis on indexation and maturity and the main policy proposals related to these topics. We also advance some implications derived from our work. In Alfaro and Kanczuk (2005a, b, c), we modeled sovereign debt as a...

Bonds are debt securities issued by debtors to creditors. In short, bonds are debt securities that can be purchased and the buyer will benefit in the form of interest later. The bonds contain the due date for payment of debt and interest. The interest on a bond is called a coupon. Coupons must...