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We review the state of the sovereign debt literature and point out that the canonical model of sovereign debt cannot be easily reconciled with several facts about sovereign debt pricing and servicing. We identify and classify more than 20 puzzles. Some are well-known and documented, others are less so and are sometimes based on anecdotal evidence.
Ugo Panizza +2 more
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Modelling sovereign credit ratings and assessing the impartiality: A case study of China. [PDF]
The post-COVID-19 era presents a looming threat of global debt, elevating concerns regarding sovereign credit ratings worldwide. This study develops a new index system, divides the rating variables into long- and short-term factors, performs rating ...
Min Su
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Voluntary sovereign debt exchanges [PDF]
We show that some recent sovereign debt restructurings were characterized by (i) the absence of missed debt payments prior to the restructurings, (ii) reductions in the government’s debt burden, and (iii) increases in the market value of debt claims for holders of the restructured debt.
Leonardo Martinez +1 more
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Path Dependence in Sovereign Debt Modelling: System Dynamics Approach
The article offers a system dynamic modelling of sovereign debt using the path dependence concept. Using simulation modelling we are trying to find a fixed point in a motion of national sovereign debt towards its equilibrium and to change the existing ...
Hennadiy Hryhoriev
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This article addresses the historical evolution of sovereign debt trajectories since the beginning of the euro area up to the corresponding sovereign debt crisis, using certain key economic concepts previously proposed by the literature in connection to ...
Diptes C. P. Bhimjee
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Determinants of Complexity of Sovereign Debt Negotiation [PDF]
The situation on all kinds of financial markets is determined by their increasing complexity. Negotiation of sovereign debt is also a complex endeavor.
Lidia Mesjasz, Czesław Mesjasz
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On the sovereign debt paradox [PDF]
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Martins da Rocha, Victor Filipe +1 more
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What drives sovereign debt maturity in European countries? [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of sovereign debt maturity for 23 European countries during the period between 1995 and 2013. For this purpose, we use quantile regressions with robust standard errors clustered by countries to consider ...
González-Fernández Marcos +1 more
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Debt Seniority and Sovereign Debt Crises [PDF]
Is the seniority structure of sovereign debt neutral for a government’s decision between defaulting and raising surpluses? In this paper, we address this question using a model of debt crises where a discretionary government endogenously chooses distortionary taxation and whether to apply an optimal haircut to bondholders. We show that when the size of
Ari, Anil +2 more
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Sovereign debt and growth in Zambia: determining the tipping point
From the mid-1980s to mid-2000s, Zambia was in egregious debt distress, which resulted in debt relief under the HIPC initiative and MDRI in 2005. Surprisingly, Zambia's debt-to-GDP ratio has increased astronomically from about 22 percent in 2011 to 56 ...
Sydney Chikalipah
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