Why Official Bailouts Tend Not to Work: An Example Motivated by Greece 2010

The authors use recent events in Greece to illustrate that official bailouts tend not to work when countries have fundamental fiscal ('insolvency') problems and construct a two-period numerical example to explain why this should not come as a surprise.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chamley, Christophe P., Pinto, Brian
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5506