Default and the maturity structure in sovereign bonds

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-232

  Arellano, Cristina ^a   Ramanarayanan, Ananth ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; INCENTIVE; INTEREST RATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 84862534241     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666589     Document Type: Article

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