Department of Economics and Business - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Title:: Making sovereign debt safe with a financial stability fund
Authors:: Yan Liu, Ramon Marimon and Adrien Wicht
Date:: March 2022
Abstract:: We develop an optimal design of a Financial Stability Fund that coexists with the international debt market. The sovereign can borrow long-term defaultable bonds on the private international market, while having with the Fund a long-term contingent contracts subject to limited enforcement constraints. There is a contract that minimizes the debt absorbed by the Fund, guaranteeing full debt stabilization. In equilibrium, the seniority of the Fund contract, with respect to the privately held debt, is irrelevant. We calibrate our model to the Italian economy and show it would have been a more efficient path of debt accumulation with the Fund.
Keywords:: recursive contracts, limited enforcement, debt stabilisation, Debt Overhang, safe assets, seniority structure
JEL codes:: E43, E44, E47, E62, F34, F36, F37
Area of Research:: Macroeconomics and International Economics

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