Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (398 pages)
- The MIT Press Series .
- The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments and Disclaimer -- I History, Economics, and Law -- 1 Sovereign Defaults and Debt Restructurings: Historical Overview -- 2 The Economics of Sovereign Debt and Debt Crises: A Primer -- 3 Legal Issues in Sovereign Debt Restructuring -- II The New Debt Crises, 1998-2005 -- Introduction -- 4 Russia -- 5 Ukraine -- 6 Pakistan -- 7 Ecuador -- 8 Argentina -- 9 Moldova -- 10 Uruguay -- Afterword: The Dominican Republic -- III Policy -- 11 Debt Crises from the Perspective of an Emerging Market Economy Policymaker -- 12 International Financial Architecture -- Appendix: Tools for the Analysis of Debt Problems -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Detailed case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a comprehensive discussion of the history, economic theory, legal issues, and policy lessons of sovereign debt crises.