The Simple Analytics of Debt-Equity Swaps

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Elhanan Helpman

Harvard University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: November 1988

Abstract

Recent attempts to resolve the international debt crisis have lead some countries to engage in debt-equity swaps. The paper explores conditions under which such transactions are beneficial to the debtor as well as the creditors. It identifies a market failure that may prevent the emergence of actually beneficial swaps and analyzes the effects of swaps on the investment level in the debtor country. The latter helps to evaluate the contribution of this policy to future difficulties with debt service payments.

Suggested Citation

Helpman, Elhanan, The Simple Analytics of Debt-Equity Swaps (November 1988). NBER Working Paper No. w2771, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=447209

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