Esteves, Rui (2012) Like fathers like sons?: the cost of sovereign defaults in reduced credit to the private sector 1880-1913. In: Modern and comparative economic history seminar, 2012-11-01, London, United Kingdom, GBR. (Submitted)
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This paper investigates the impact of sovereign defaults on the ability of the corporate sector in emerging nations to finance itself abroad. The hypothesis here is that defaults have a negative spillover effect on the private sector through credit rationing. We explore a novel dataset covering the vast majority of corporates and municipals in emerging nations that received foreign capital between 1880 and 1913. The detailed nature of the data allows us to explore variation between countries and economic sectors. The results confirm that rationing existed, was very large, and persisted long beyond the solution of the original default problem. Therefore, the private sector in emerging countries paid a severe reputational cost for the debt intolerance of their governments, with possible implications for the growth prospects of these nations.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www2.lse.ac.uk/economicHistory/seminars/Mod... |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2012 16:32 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 04:52 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47125 |
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