Persistent gaps, volatility types, and default traps /

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Author / Creator:Catão, Luis, author.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (45 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/07/148
IMF working paper ; WP/07/148.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12496994
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Other authors / contributors:Fostel, Ana, author.
Kapur, Sandeep, author.
International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
ISBN:1282447149
9781282447141
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-45).
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Summary:We show that cross-country differences in the underlying volatility and persistence of macroeconomic shocks help explain two historical regularities in sovereign borrowing: the existence of "vicious" circles of borrowing-and-default ("default traps"), as well as the fact that recalcitrant sovereigns typically face higher interest spreads on future loans rather than outright market exclusion. We do so in a simple model where output persistence is coupled with asymmetric information between borrowers and lenders about the borrower's output process, implying that a decision to default reveals valuable information to lenders about the borrower's future output path. Using a broad cross-country database spanning over a century, we provide econometric evidence corroborating the model's main predictions-namely, that countries with higher output persistence and conditional volatility of transient shocks face higher spreads and thus fall into default traps more easily, whereas higher volatility of permanent output tends to dampen these effects
Other form:Print version: Catão, Luis. Persistent gaps, volatility types, and default traps. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2007

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505 0 |a I. Introduction; II. Theory; A. Model; B. Comparative Statics; Figures; 1. Persistence and Default Traps; C. Discussion; III. Empirics; IV. Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Proof of Propositions; 2. Data Construction and Sources; Tables; 1. Real GDP Volatility and Persistence and Countries' Repayment Records, 1870-1939; 2. Real GDP Volatility and Persistence and Countries' Repayment Records, 1960-2004; 3. Determinants of Sovereign Spreads: 1870-1913; 4. Determinants of Sovereign Spreads: 1870-1913; 5. Determinants of Sovereign Spreads: 1925-1939. 
505 8 |a 6. Determinants of Sovereign Spreads: 1925-19397. Determinants of Sovereign Spreads: 1994-2005; 8. Determinants of Sovereign Spreads: 1994-2005; 9. Determinants of the Default Premium, 1870-1939; 10. Determinants of the Default Premium, 1870-1939; References. 
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