Fiscal policy and default risk in emerging markets

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 452-469

  Cuadra, Gabriel ^a   Sanchez, Juan M ^b   Sapriza, Horacio ^c  

^a BANCO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous borrowing constraints; Procyclical fiscal policy; Sovereign default risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77549084602     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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