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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title How Europe should harness market forces to deal with sovereign credit risk
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Mathias Hoffmann
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed No
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Vox
Publisher Centre for Economic Policy Research
Geographical Reach international
Page Range online
Date 2010
Abstract Text If a European Monetary Fund does happen, how would it work? This column proposes a European Sovereign Insurance Scheme to sell bond insurance on EMU members' sovereign debt. In good times the insurance fees would allow the EMF to build up a capital cushion. In bad times, the EMF could use these funds to facilitate an orderly unwinding of the default – while imposing tough conditions.
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Official URL http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4784
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