Do countries default in bad times? The role of alternative detrending techniques

IF 2.1 4区 经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS Economics Letters Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112076
Ugo Panizza
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Quantitative models of sovereign debt predict that countries should default during deep recessions. However, empirical research on sovereign debt has found a surprisingly large share of “good times” defaults (i.e., defaults that happen when GDP is above trend). Existing evidence also indicates that, on average, defaults happen when output is close to potential. This paper reassesses the empirical evidence and shows that the detrending technique proposed by Hamilton (2018) yields results that are closer to the predictions of standard quantitative models of sovereign debt.
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国家会在经济不景气时违约吗?替代趋势技术的作用
主权债务的定量模型预测,在严重衰退期间,国家应该违约。然而,对主权债务的实证研究发现,“好时期”违约(即GDP高于趋势水平时发生的违约)的比例惊人地高。现有证据还表明,平均而言,违约发生在产出接近潜在水平的时候。本文重新评估了经验证据,并表明Hamilton(2018)提出的去趋势技术产生的结果更接近主权债务标准定量模型的预测。
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Economics Letters
Economics Letters ECONOMICS-
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