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Chapter 11 for Countries?

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  • Satyajit Chatterjee

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Sovereign default risk is rising, yet the system for dealing with it remains flawed. Satyajit Chatterjee explains why it might be time to revive a debt restructuring proposal the international community rejected in 2003.

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  • Satyajit Chatterjee, 2016. "Chapter 11 for Countries?," Economic Insights, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, vol. 1(2), pages 7-14, April.
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