On the Welfare Losses from External Sovereign Borrowing

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Aguiar, Mark, Manuel Amador, and Stelios Fourakis (2020): “On the Welfare Losses from External Sovereign Borrowing,” IMF Economic Review, 68(1): 163-194.

Abstract

This paper studies the losses to the citizenry when the private agents discount the future at different rates from their government. In the presence of such a disagreement, the private sector may prefer an environment in which the government is in financial autarky. Using a sequence of sovereign debt models, the paper quantifies the potential welfare losses that citizens suffer from the government’s access to international bond markets. While the environment is not necessarily comprehensive, the analysis provides a counterweight to proposals that are designed to ease market access for sovereign borrowers.

BibTeX Cite:

@article{AGAMFO2020,
	title = {On the Welfare Losses from External Sovereign Borrowing},
	journal = {IMF Economic Review},
	year = {2020},
	volume = {68},
	issue = {1},
	pages = {163-194},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-019-00103-2},
	author = {Aguiar, Mark and Amador, Manuel and Fourakis, Stelios}
	}