Rethinking sovereign debt : politics, reputation, and legitimacy in modern finance /

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"Conventional wisdom holds that all nations must repay debt. Regardless of the legitimacy of the regime that signs the contract, a country that fails to honor its loan obligations damages its reputation, inviting still greater problems down the road. Yet difficult dilemmas arise from this assum...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lienau, Odette, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Debts, Public > Case studies.
Debt cancellation > Case studies.
Dettes publiques > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
Debt cancellation.
Debts, Public.
Länderrisiko
Debt Management
Öffentliche Schulden
Schuldenerlass
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Open questions in sovereign debt
  • Costly talk? Reinterpreting the Soviet repudiation
  • The Costa Rican opening for rule of law and public benefit
  • Public and private capital in the strengthening of debt continuity
  • Continuity and consolidation in the return of private finance
  • Legitimacy and debt at the turn of the century
  • Conclusion.

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