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dc.contributor.authorLorenzoni, Guido
dc.contributor.authorWerning, Ivan
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T23:29:05Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T23:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-30
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81817
dc.description.abstractWhat circumstances or policies leave sovereign borrowers at the mercy of self-fulfilling increases in interest rates? To answer this question, we study the dynamics of debt and interest rates in a model where default is driven by insolvency. Fiscal deficits and surpluses are subject to shocks but influenced by a fiscal policy rule. Whenever possible the government issues debt to meet its current obligations and defaults otherwise. We show that low and high interest rate equilibria may coexist. Higher interest rates, prompted by fears of default, lead to faster debt accumulation, validating default fears. We call such an equilibrium a slow moving crisis, in contrast to rollover crises where investor runs precipitate immediate default. We investigate how the existence of multiple equilibria is affected by the fiscal policy rule, the maturity of debt, and the level of debt.en_US
dc.publisherCambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;13-18
dc.subjectdebt crises, multiplicity, self-fulfilling crisis, sovereign debten_US
dc.titleSlow Moving Debt Crisesen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US


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