Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167540 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6554
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We offer a new methodology for the assessment of public debt sustainability in a stochastic economy when sovereign default taken into account. The default threshold differs from the no-Ponzi condition and depends on the post-default debt recovery rule. We distinguish sustainability and unsustainability conditions, related to alternative scenarios on the future sequence of shocks. We highlight the role of the debt recovery ratio on the whole dynamics of public debt. When a sovereign default occurs, the sustainability of the post-default debt is ensured when the haircut is sufficiently large. Lastly we provide an explanation of serial defaults.
Subjects: 
public debt
sovereign default
recovery rate
debt sustainability
JEL: 
E60
F40
H63
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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