Debt defaults and lessons from a decade of crises / Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturzenegger, Federico.

Contributor:

Zettelmeyer, Jeromin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debts, External--Developing countries.

Debts, External.

Debt relief--Developing countries.

Debt relief.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a discussion of the history, economic theory, legal issues, and policy lessons of sovereign debt crises, this work examines the facts, economic theory, and policy implications of sovereign debt crises.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgments and Disclaimer

I History, Economics, and Law

1 Sovereign Defaults and Debt Restructurings: Historical Overview

2 The Economics of Sovereign Debt and Debt Crises: A Primer

3 Legal Issues in Sovereign Debt Restructuring

II The New Debt Crises, 1998-2005

Introduction

4 Russia

5 Ukraine

6 Pakistan

7 Ecuador

8 Argentina

9 Moldova

10 Uruguay

Afterword: The Dominican Republic

III Policy

11 Debt Crises from the Perspective of an Emerging Market Economy Policymaker

12 International Financial Architecture

Appendix: Tools for the Analysis of Debt Problems

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-364) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09809-8

9786612098093

0-262-28454-5

1-4294-6091-1

OCLC:

86073977