Original Sin and Procylical Fiscal Policy.

The paper develops a simple model of sovereign debt where default both through direct repudiation and through inflation are possible and give rise to (endogenous) constraints on the currency composition and the level of public debt. This set up allows to show that procyclicality of fiscal policy in...

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Main Author: Adler, Gustavo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2008
Series:IMF Working Papers.
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