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dc.titleSudden Stops, Sovereign Risk, and Fiscal Rules
dc.contributor.authorGomez-Gonzalez, Jose E.
dc.contributor.authorValencia, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, Gustavo
dc.contributor.orgunitFiscal Management Division
dc.date.available2021-03-27T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-03-27T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the effect of implementing fiscal rules on sovereign default risk and on the probability of large capital ow reversals for a large sample of countries including both developed and emerging market economies. Results indicate that fiscal rules are beneficial for macroeconomic stability, as they significantly reduce both sovereign risk perception and the probability of a sudden stop in countries that implement them. These results, which are robust to various empirical specifications, have important policy implications specially for countries that have relaxed their fiscal rules in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
dc.format.extent22
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003146
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Sudden-Stops-Sovereign-Risk-and-Fiscal-Rules.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectSovereign Default
dc.subjectSudden Stop
dc.subjectFiscal Rule
dc.subjectCapital Flow
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectEconomic Stabilization
dc.subject.jelcodeF34 - International Lending and Debt Problems
dc.subject.jelcodeG15 - International Financial Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeC33 - Panel Data Models • Spatio-temporal Models
dc.subject.keywordsFiscal Rules;Sudden stops;sovereign default risk;dynamic heterogeneous panel data models
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01207
idb.operationRG-E1671
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