Tirole, Jean (2015) Country Solidarity in Sovereign Crises. American Economic Review (AER), vol.105 (n°8). pp. 2333-2363.

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Abstract

When will solidarity, which emerges spontaneously from the fear of spillovers, be reinforced through contracting? The optimal pact between countries that differ substantially in their probability of distress is a simple debt contract with market financing, a borrowing cap, but no joint liability. While joint liability augments total surplus, the borrowing country cannot compensate the deep-pocket guarantor. By contrast, the optimal pact between two countries symmetrically exposed to shocks with an arbitrary correlation is a simple debt contract with joint liability, provided that shocks are sufficiently independent, spillovers sufficiently large, liquidity needs moderate and available sanctions sufficiently tough.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: 2015
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sovereign debt, solidarity, joint liability, bailouts
JEL Classification: E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation
F34 - International Lending and Debt Problems
H63 - Debt; Debt Management
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2015 14:55
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:49
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:28967
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/16682
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