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Author / Creator:Cohen, Daniel, 1953- author.
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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Other authors / contributors:Portes, Richard, author.
International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
ISBN:1283511312
9781283511315
9781451908626
1451908628
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Cohen, Daniel, 1953- Toward a lender of first resort. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2006
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505 0 |a "Contents"; "I. INTRODUCTION"; "II. THE FINANCIAL CRISES OF THE 1990S WERE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE 1980S"; "III. DEBT CRISES OF THE 1990S: A TAXONOMY"; "IV. CONFIDENCE CRISIS AND CRISIS OF THE FUNDAMENTALS: A THEORETICAL BENCHMARK"; "V. OUR POLICY IMPLICATIONS: COLLECTIVE ACTION CLAUSES AND A LENDER OF FIRST RESORT"; "REFERENCES" 
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