This paper surveys the recent literature on sovereign debt and relates it to the evolution of
the legal principles underlying the sovereign debt market and the experience of the most …

In this article, we review the empirical literature about sovereign debt and default. As we
survey the work of economists, historians, and political scientists, we also emphasize …

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …

A main puzzle in the sovereign debt literature is that defaults have only minor effects on
subsequent borrowing costs and access to credit. This paper comes to a different …

The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and
cryptocurrency"[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." …

This paper empirically evaluates four types of costs that may result from an international
sovereign default: reputational costs, international trade exclusion costs, costs to the …

States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of
representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early …

Detailed case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and
Uruguay, framed by a comprehensive discussion of the history, economic theory, legal …

A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the
ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as …

Commentators and policymakers have articulated growing concerns about US dependence
on China and other authoritarian capitalist states as a source of credit to fund the United …