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Why the Latin American Countries will Never Form a Debtors' Cartel

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It is shown that there is a positive non‐linear relationship between a Latin American borrower country's trade surplus and its service and capital accounts, and therefore the balance of payments. Pooled regressions are used to test quadratic and semi‐logarithmic specifications. Most large or medium‐size countries either are able to choose between a range of sensible, non‐confrontational policy options, or especial characteristics apply to them; thus the scope for a debtors' cartel is very poor. The default rule that recommends debt repudiation if new loans are lower than payments on old ones is found to be misleading. Es wird gezeigt, dass für lateinamerikanische Schuldnerländer eine positive nichtlineare Beziehung besteht zwischen Handelsbilanzüberschuss und Dienstleistungssowie Kapitalbilanz und deshalb auch zwischen Handelsbilanzüberschuss und Zahlungsbilanz. Mit gepoolten Regressionen werden quadratische und semi‐logarithmische Spezifikationen getestet. Die meisten grossen oder mittelgrossen Länder können innerhalb eines Bereichs von vernünftigen nicht auf Konfrontation ausgerichteten Optionen wählen, sofern sie nicht Sonderfälle darstellen. Der Spielraum zur Bildung von Schuldnerkartellen ist deshalb klein. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Empfehlung an die Debitoren irreführend ist, Zahlungen zu verweigern, wenn die neuen Kredite nicht mindestens die Zahlungsverpflichtungen für die alten Kredite decken. Pour un pays emprunteur d'Amérique Latine, l'auteur démontre qu'il existe une relation non linéaire positive entre d'une part son surplus commercial et sa balance des services et capitaux, et d'autre part la balance des paiements. Il emploie les régressions multiples pour tester des spécifications quadratiques et semi‐logarithmiques. La plupart des grands pays et même des moins grands ont soit le choix entre plusieurs options sensibles de politiques non conflictuelles, soit leur appliquent des caractéristiques particulières. Par contre, les pays endettés n'ont que peu de solutions. L'auteur montre ainsi que l'on se trompe quand on applique la règle de remboursement de la dette lorsque les nouveaux emprunts sont moins chers que les anciens.

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  • David E. Hojman, 1987. "Why the Latin American Countries will Never Form a Debtors' Cartel," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(2), pages 198-218, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:40:y:1987:i:2:p:198-218
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1987.tb02672.x
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