TY - GEN AU - Sebastian Hohmann TI - The Political Economy of Sovereign Default SN - 9782940503070 PY - 2012/// PB - Graduate Institute Publications KW - risks KW - State | Nation KW - financial globalisation KW - non-state actors and civil society KW - debt KW - finance KW - governance N1 - Open Access N2 - What do self-interested governments' needs to maintain loyal groups of supporters imply for sovereign incentives to repay debt? Many sovereign defaults have occurred at relatively low levels of debt, while some highly indebted nations continue to honour their obligations. This poses a problem for traditional models of sovereign debt, which rely on the threat of economic sanctions to explain why and when a representative agent seeking to maximise social welfare would choose debt-repayment. The UR - http://books.openedition.org/iheid/509 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56541 ER -