Deadly Embrace: Sovereign and Financial Balance Sheets Doom Loops

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Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 2018
Volume: 85
Issue: 3
Pages: 1781-1823

Score contribution per author:

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

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

Abstract

The recent unravelling of the Eurozone’s financial integration raised concerns about feedback loops between sovereign and banking insolvency. This article provides a theory of the feedback loop that allows for both domestic bailouts of the banking system and sovereign debt forgiveness by international creditors or solidarity by other countries. Our theory has important implications for the re-nationalization of sovereign debt, macroprudential regulation, and the rationale for banking unions.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:85:y:2018:i:3:p:1781-1823.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25