When nations can't default: a history of war reparations and sovereign debt

"This book explores the economic effects of war reparations, with a focus on how sovereign debt has financed the transfers. Results have varied: from quick repayments of large reparations to catastrophic economic crises. The occurring theme across the book has been that enforcement of debt cont...

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1. Verfasser: Hinrichsen, Simon 1989- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Studies in macroeconomic history
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Zusammenfassung:"This book explores the economic effects of war reparations, with a focus on how sovereign debt has financed the transfers. Results have varied: from quick repayments of large reparations to catastrophic economic crises. The occurring theme across the book has been that enforcement of debt contracts has important consequences"--
Beschreibung:xxi, 217 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781009343923