Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27756 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2009-39
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper discusses, in a very general way, a system of IMF insurance against sovereign default that could be offered to private lenders and banking groups. The system could overcome many of the current issues that plague the international private lending market, such as moral hazard on the part of private lenders, capital flight, and so on. How the insurance could be priced is also discussed in an appendix. Private lender membership in the IMF is also discussed. This would provide the IMF with some of the powers that central banks now have.
Subjects: 
Sovereign debt
insurance
option value
IMF
JEL: 
F33
F34
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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