Browsing by Author "Rebelo, Sergio"

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    Government guarantees and self-fulfilling speculative attacks
    (Journal of Economic Theory, 2004-11-01) Eichenbaum, Martin; Rebelo, Sergio
    We develop a model in which government guarantees to banks' foreign creditors are a root cause of self-fulfilling twin banking-currency crises. Absent guarantees, such crises are not possible. In the presence of guarantees banks borrow foreign currency, lend domestic currency and do not hedge the resulting exchange rate risk. With guarantees, banks will also renege on their foreign debts and declare bankruptcy when a devaluation occurs. We assume that the government is unable or unwilling to fully fund the resulting bailout via an explicit fiscal reform. These features of our model imply that government guarantees lead to self-fulfilling banking-currency crises. © 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Prospective Deficits and the Asian Currency Crisis
    (Journal of Political Economy, 2001-12) Eichenbaum, Martin; Rebelo, Sergio
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    Understanding the Forward Premium Puzzle: A Microstructure Approach
    (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2009-07) Burnside, Craig; Eichenbaum, Martin; Rebelo, Sergio