Optimal Debt Relief under Threat of Trade Punishments

Dominik Egli

Review of International Economics, 1997, vol. 5, issue 2, 272-83

Abstract: The theory of optimal debt relief hinges critically on the assumption that the output of a defaulting debtor country can be partially confiscated by the creditors. This assumption is at odds with the crucial feature of international credit relationships. The present paper focuses on an alternative enforcement method, namely the impediment of international trade. It is shown that a similar result can be derived. Additionally, it can be rational to grant further credit to countries with very little initial endowment, even though it is clear to the creditors that they will grant debt relief afterwards. Copyright 1997 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Date: 1997
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