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Can Debt Crises Be Self-Fulfilling?
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Author/Editor: |
Chamon, Marcos |
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June 1, 2004 |
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Summary: Several papers argue that debt crises can be the result of self-fulfilling expectations that no one will lend to a country. I show this type of coordination failure can be eliminated by a combination of state-contingent securities and a mechanism that allows investors to promise to lend only if enough other investors do so as well. This suggests that runs on the debt of a single borrower (such as the government) can be eliminated, and that self-fulfilling features are more plausible when articulated in a context in which externalities among many decentralized borrowers allow for economy-wide debt runs to occur.
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Series: |
Working Paper No. 04/99 |
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Subject(s): |
Financial crisis | External debt | Public debt | Crisis prevention | Liquidity |
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Debt crises | multiple equilibria | liquidity | financial innovation |
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June 1, 2004 |
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1934-7073 |
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WPIEA0992004 |
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21 |
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US$15.00 (Academic Rate: US$15.00 )
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