Sovereign debt and the London club: A precommitment device for limiting punishment for default

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 741-756

  Uppal, Raman ^a   Van Hulle, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

London club; Renegotiation; Sovereign debt; Syndication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138788     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(96)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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