Slow Moving Debt Crises
We study slow moving debt crises: self-fulfilling equilibria in which high interest rates, due to the fear of a future default, lead to a gradual but faster accumulation of debt, ultimately validating investors' fear. We show that slow moving crises arise in a variety of settings, both when fis...
Main Authors: | Lorenzoni, Guido (Author), Werning, Ivan (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Economic Association,
2020-08-27T17:42:44Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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