A behavioural approach to sovereign debt reschedulings

B. C. Lee and John Powell

Applied Economics Letters, 1995, vol. 2, issue 3, 64-66

Abstract: An early-warning model which predicts the extent of sovereign debt reschedulings is developedusing the behavioural assumption thatindividuals (and governments) develop minimum consumption requirements. Sharp and unexpected falls in income and consumption can threaten these minimum requirements, thus foreshadowing the magnitude of sovereign debt reschedulings as government decision-makers choose to suspend full sovereign debt servicing in order to avoid extreme marginal utility losses. This implication is empirically analysed using data for 88 countries.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1080/135048595357582

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