Getting Shut Out of the International Capital Markets - It Doesn’t Take Much

Author/Editor:

Nancy P. Marion ; Robert P Flood

Publication Date:

June 1, 2006

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

We use a simple model of international lending to show that an emerging market borrower who might default can be shut out of international capital markets without warning. A modest haircut on obligations, for example, can shut down lending.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2006/144

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

June 1, 2006

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451864045/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2006144

Pages:

14

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