A Constant Recontracting Model of Sovereign Debt.

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Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 1989
Volume: 97
Issue: 1
Pages: 155-78

Authors (2)

Bulow, Jeremy (not in RePEc) Rogoff, Kenneth (Harvard University)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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Abstract

The authors present a dynamic model of international lending in whi ch borrowers cannot commit to future repayments and debtors can sometime s successfully negotiate partial defaults or "rescheduling agreements." All parties in a debt rescheduling negotiation realize that today's rescheduling agreement may itself have to be renegotiated in the future. The authors' bargaining-theoretic approach allows them to handle the effects of uncertainty on sovereign debt contracts in a much more satisfactory way than in earlier analyses. The framework is readily extended to analyze the conflicting interests of different lenders, and of banks and creditor-country taxpayers. Copyright 1989 by University of Chicago Press.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:v:97:y:1989:i:1:p:155-78
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-29