• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Sovereign bond prices, haircuts and maturity
  • Contributor: Niepelt, Dirk [Author]
  • imprint: Bern: University of Bern, Department of Economics, 2022
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: H63 ; Sovereign Debt ; F41 ; Sovereign Default ; F34 ; Debt Restructuring ; Bond Prices ; Haircuts ; Restructuring Probability ; Maturity
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  • Description: We document that creditor losses ("haircuts") during sovereign debt restructurings vary across debt maturity. In our novel dataset on instrument-specific haircuts suffered by private creditors in 1999-2020 we find larger losses on short- than long-term debt, independently of the specific haircut measure we use. A standard asset pricing model rationalizes our findings under two assumptions, both of which are satisfied in the data: increasing short-run restructuring risk in the run-up to a restructuring, and high exit yields. We relate our findings to the policy debate on restructuring procedures.
  • Access State: Open Access
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