The Stop of the Exchequer and the Secondary Market for English Sovereign Debt, 1677–1705

Ling-Fan Li

The Journal of Economic History, 2019, vol. 79, issue 1, 176-200

Abstract: Based on information related to the Stop of Exchequer, 1672, this article calculates the current yields of sovereign debt and examines the effect of the Glorious Revolution on the government’s credibility. The results show that even though the interest payment had not been paid for years, when Parliament authorized the resumption of payment, the current yields fell not only below the level when the interest payment was made by Charles II, but quickly converged to the rates of return of alternative investment. The movement of current yields supports that the constitutional change of 1689 did enhance the government’s credibility.

Date: 2019
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