Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Overview
I. Why borrow?
II. Is Sovereign Debt Different?
– Public Liability, Public Asset - Functions
– Enforcement, Immunity, Bankruptcy - Features
III. Sovereign Debt Management
– Who Borrows, Who Lends?
IV. Sovereign Debt Restructuring
– Overhang, Jubilee, Odious Debt
– International Coordination
– Meltdown?
V. Now What? Policy Implications
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I. Why Borrow?
What alternatives? Is government borrowing
different from individual/corporate borrowing?
Overview
I. Why borrow?
II. Is Sovereign Debt Different?
– Public Liability, Public Asset - Functions
– Enforcement, Immunity, Bankruptcy - Features
III. Sovereign Debt Management
– Who Borrows, Who Lends?
IV. Sovereign Debt Restructuring
– Overhang, Jubilee, Odious Debt
– International Coordination
– Meltdown?
V. Now What? Policy Implications
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NO NO
ENFORCEMENT BANKRUPTCY
IMPLICATIONS:
• Indirect enforcement, externalities
• Negotiated restructuring, consent
• Contracts matter, but not always literally
• Creditor coordination is a major challenge
• Free-rider problem (delay, “vulture” litigation)
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Overview
I. Why borrow?
II. Is Sovereign Debt Different?
– Public Liability, Public Asset - Functions
– Enforcement, Immunity, Bankruptcy - Features
III. Sovereign Debt Management
– Who Borrows, Who Lends, Who Knows?
IV. Sovereign Debt Restructuring
– Overhang, Jubilee, Odious Debt
– International Coordination
– Meltdown?
V. Now What? Policy Implications
Domestic Developed
Domestic Developing
International Developed
and Offshore
International Developing
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Overview
I. Why borrow?
II. Is Sovereign Debt Different?
– Public Liability, Public Asset - Functions
– Enforcement, Immunity, Bankruptcy - Features
III. Sovereign Debt Management
– Who Borrows, Who Lends?
IV. Sovereign Debt Restructuring
– Overhang, Jubilee, Odious Debt
– International Coordination
– Meltdown?
V. Now What? Policy Implications
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• International Response:
Contract Reform v. Treaty Bankruptcy
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Overview
I. Why borrow?
II. Is Sovereign Debt Different?
– Public Liability, Public Asset - Functions
– Enforcement, Immunity, Bankruptcy - Features
III. Sovereign Debt Management
– Who Borrows, Who Lends?
IV. Sovereign Debt Restructuring
– Overhang, Jubilee, Odious Debt
– International Coordination
– Meltdown?
V. Now What? Implications
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