Insolvency Frameworks for State and Local Governments

Katharina Herold

OECD Journal on Budgeting, 2020, vol. 20, issue 2

Abstract: Insolvency frameworks stipulate rules and procedures to resolve debt in a prompt and orderly way. Such frameworks may serve to facilitate debt restructuring and the fiscal recovery even of subnational entities, including states and municipalities. They may even prevent subnational governments from sliding into insolvency. This paper identifies the benefits of setting up an insolvency framework for subnational governments, complementing existing budget rules and procedures. It analyses different design options of subnational insolvency frameworks by drawing on existing regimes for municipalities in Colombia, Hungary, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States as well as proposals for sovereign bankruptcy procedures in the literature. The paper also explores the main challenges for implementing subnational insolvency regimes and presents possible solutions.

Keywords: Subnational insolvency; municipal bankruptcy; debt resolution frameworks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H70 K30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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