Macroeconomic effects of sovereign restructuring in a monetary union : a model based approach /

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Author / Creator:Forni, Lorenzo, author.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2013.
Description:1 online resource (42 pages) : color illustrations.
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/13/269
IMF working paper ; WP/13/269.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12502237
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Other authors / contributors:Pisani, Massimiliano, author.
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department, issuing body.
ISBN:1484334361
9781484334362
1484334590
9781484334591
1484335260
9781484335260
Notes:Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Dec. 26, 2013).
"Fiscal Affairs Department"--Page 2 of pdf.
"December 2013"--Page 2 of pdf.
Includes bibliographical references (page 18).
English.
Summary:"We assess the macroeconomic effects of a sovereign restructuring in a small economy belonging to a monetary union by simulating a dynamic general equilibrium model. In line with the empirical evidence, we make the following three key assumptions. First, sovereign debt is held by domestic agents and by agents in the rest of the monetary union. Second, after the restructuring the sovereign borrowing rate increases and its increase is fully transmitted to the borrowing rate paid by the domestic agents. Third, the government cannot discriminate between domestic and foreign agents when restructuring. We show that the macroeconomic effects of the restructuring depend on: (a) the share of sovereign bonds held by residents in the country as compared to that held by foreign residents, (b) the increase in the spread paid by domestic agents and (c) its net foreign asset position at the moment of the restructuring. Our results also suggest that the sovereign restructuring implies persistent reductions of output, consumption and investment, that can be large, in particular if the share of public debt held domestically is large, the private foreign debt is high and the spread paid by the government and the households does increase"--Abstract.
Other form:Print Version: 9781484335260
Standard no.:10.5089/9781484335260.001