Toward a lender of first resort /
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Author / Creator: | Cohen, Daniel, 1953- author. |
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Imprint: | [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2006. |
Description: | 1 online resource (24 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/06/66 IMF working paper ; WP/06/66. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12498563 |
Summary: | If interest rates (country spreads) rise, debt can rapidly be subject to a snowball effect, which becomes self-fulfilling with regard to the fundamentals themselves. This is a market imperfection, because we cannot be confident that the unaided market will choose the "good" over the "bad" equilibrium. We propose a policy intervention to deal with this structural weakness in the mechanisms of international capital flows. This is based on a simple taxonomy that breaks down the origin of crises into three components: confidence (spreads and currency crisis), fundamentals (real growth rate), and economic policy (primary deficit). Theory then suggests a set of circumstances in which a lender of first resort would be desirable. The policy would seek to short-circuit confidence crises, partly by using IMF support to improve ex ante incentives. Theory also illuminates the potential role of collective action clauses in reducing the risk of self-fulfilling debt crises. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (24 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1283511312 9781283511315 9781451908626 1451908628 |
ISSN: | 2227-8885 ; |