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Working Paper
Improving Sovereign Debt Restructurings

The wave of sovereign defaults in the early 1980s and the string of debt crises in subsequent decades have fostered proposals involving policy interventions in sovereign debt restructurings, and the recent global pandemic crisis has further reignited this discussion. A key question about these policy proposals for debt restructurings that has proved hard to handle is how they influence the behavior of creditors and debtors. We address this challenge by evaluating policy proposals in a quantitative sovereign default model that incorporates two essential features: maturity choice and debt ...
Working Papers , Paper 2019-36

Journal Article
Rethinking the International Monetary System: an overview

When the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston chose "Rethinking the International Monetary System" as the topic for its 43rd Economic Conference, it was clear that the worst international financial crisis in decades had caused tremors within the economics profession and the policymaking establishment. The miracle countries of Asia had suffered sharp currency devaluation and deep economic downturns, the turmoil had spilled over into Russia and Latin America, and a severe liquidity crisis had briefly threatened banking systems in the advanced countries. Not surprisingly, then, the events of the ...
New England Economic Review , Issue Nov , Pages 3-24

Conference Paper
Reconsidering the international monetary system.

Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole

Conference Paper
View from the International Monetary Fund

Conference Series ; [Proceedings] , Volume 43 , Issue Jun , Pages 255-259

Journal Article
The international monetary system--retrospect and prospect

During Hayes' tenure as president, the dollar-centered Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates matured, then collapsed, prompting a transition to floating exchange rates. In this address, Hayes discusses the development of international cooperation in foreign exchange market intervention and the prospects for reform of the international monetary system. He recommends that countries work together to ensure exchange rate stability, orderly balance-of-payments adjustment, and the financing of imbalances resulting from the first energy crisis.
Quarterly Review , Issue Special , Pages 29-34

Conference Paper
Proposals and IMF actions to reduce the frequency of crises

Conference Series ; [Proceedings] , Volume 44 , Issue Jun , Pages 223-227

Conference Paper
An IMF perspective on the challenges and opportunities of the Basel II

Proceedings , Paper 1059

Conference Paper
International lender of last resort? what are the alternatives?

Conference Series ; [Proceedings] , Volume 43 , Issue Jun , Pages 181-203

Conference Paper
Expanding gross asset positions and the international monetary system.

Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole

Journal Article
Bailing out banks?

FRBSF Economic Letter

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