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Official sector lending strategies during the Euro Area crisis

Corsetti, Giancarlo, Erce, Aitor and Uy, Timothy (2017) Official sector lending strategies during the Euro Area crisis. CFM discussion paper series (CFM-DP2017-20). Centre For Macroeconomics, London, UK.

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Abstract

In response to the euro area crisis, European policymakers took a gradual, incremental approach to official lending, at first relying on the approach followed by the International Monetary Fund, then developing their own crisis resolution framework. We review this development, marked by a substantial divergence in the terms of official loans offered to the crisis countries by the IMF and the euro area official lenders. Based on a unique dataset, we use event analysis to assess the impact of changing maturity and spreads of official loans on bond yields, liquidity and market access. In light of the euro area experience, we discuss arguments for rebalancing Debt Sustainability Analysis and programme design towards cashflow management. While the official assistance granted to crisis countries in the euro area may not be replicable elsewhere, key lessons from it could foster a reconsideration of the modalities by which official lending institutions handle crises.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://www.centreformacroeconomics.ac.uk/Home.aspx
Additional Information: © 2017 The Authors
Divisions: Centre for Macroeconomics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification: F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F33 - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F34 - International Lending and Debt Problems
Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2017 09:26
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 23:42
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86155

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