This paper proposes a dynamic model of sovereign debt that combines default, settlement, and repayment history. The model addresses two questions: 1) how level of debt and income profile effect the length of time a country in default is excluded from the international credit market, and 2) how...

In this document we examine the rationale behind investments in emerging market debt, discuss opportunities for investment in the asset class, and review the various investment vehicles available to institutional investors. Meketa Investment Group believes that emerging market debt offers...

This paper uses a new monetarist framework to present and explain the basic elements of a non-monetarist theory of money, classical banking theory, by modeling acceptance banking, the form of banking that was dominant during the 19th century when the theory was developed. The most important...

Argentina's "default" of its rescheduled debt has brought out the multiple vested interests or stakeholders involved. This includes not only Argentina and the vulture funds which are insisting on prioritized full payments, but also the majority bondholders who agreed to rescheduling and the...