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How to resolve a systemic sovereign debt crisis

Sandri, Damiano, (2016), “How to resolve a systemic sovereign debt crisis”, Voxeu, 17 February

How should the international community deal with the solvency crisis of a systemic country? This column argues that the presence of spillovers calls for reducing bail-ins, while requiring somewhat greater fiscal adjustment by the crisis country. To avoid excessive fiscal consolidation, the international community should also provide highly systemic countries with official transfers. To contain moral hazard, it is important to use transfers only when spillovers are particularly severe.

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