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Sovereign risk and simple debt dynamics: the sase of Brazil and Argentina

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  • Ziesemer, T.H.W.

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  • Kool, C.J.M.

    (General Economics 2 (Macro))

  • Haselmann, R.

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In this paper we develop a simple neoclassical growth model with perfect internationalcapital mobility to analyze the international debt dynamics of developing countries ingeneral and Brazil and Argentina in particular. We show that three different regimes canbe distinguished: a stable steady state debtor regime, a stable steady state creditor regimeand an unstable regime. A switch from a stable debtor or a stable creditor position to anunstable creditor regime may be a sign of forthcoming trouble. We investigate this issueempirically for Brazil and Argentina over the period 1960-1999. Over the full sample, theevidence suggests that debt dynamics evolved according to the stable debtor case in bothcountries. Using a rolling regression technique, we find that indeed occasional switchesto the unstable regime occurred. In particular, Argentina was in the unstable regime formost of the 1990s way before the Argentine debt crisis erupted.
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  • Ziesemer, T.H.W. & Kool, C.J.M. & Haselmann, R., 2016. "Sovereign risk and simple debt dynamics: the sase of Brazil and Argentina," Research Memorandum 024, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
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