Arbeitspapier

Preferred and non-preferred creditors

International financial institutions (IFIs) generally enjoy preferred creditors treatment (PCT). Although PCT rarely appears in legal contracts, when sovereigns restructure bilateral or commercial debts, they normally pay IFIs in full. This paper presents a model where a creditor, such as an IFI, that can commit to lend limited amounts at the risk-free rate and can refrain from lending into arrears is always repaid and adds value. The analysis suggests that IFIs and market lenders can both enhance welfare, even if banning commercial borrowing can sometimes be optimal. To maintain their status, preferred lenders should offer low cost financing in volumes that are consistent with countries' incentives to repay even in bad states. This suggests such lenders should not differentiate lending interest rates according to risk and should not participate in the restructuring of commercial debt.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-1215

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Lending and Debt Problems
National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
Thema
Preferred Creditor Treatment
Preferred Creditor Status
Sovereign Debt
Sovereign Defaults
International Financially Institutions
Emergency Financing

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cordella, Tito
Powell, Andrew
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
(wo)
Washington, DC
(wann)
2021

DOI
doi:10.18235/0003109
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cordella, Tito
  • Powell, Andrew
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Entstanden

  • 2021

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