Information, Insurance and the Sustainability of Sovereign Debt

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Economic Dynamics
Year: 2016
Volume: 22
Pages: 93-108

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In an influential paper, Bulow and Rogoff (1989) prove that in a competitive financial market, the threat of credit exclusion alone cannot sustain repayment of sovereign debt, as the defaulting government can still enter cash-in-advance insurance contracts. However, their result relies on an

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:red:issued:15-136
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29