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Eurozone Sovereign Debt Restructuring: promising legal prospects?

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  • Miller, Marcus

    (University of Warwick)

  • Thomas, Dania

    (University of Glasgow)

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The Eurozone debt crisis has stimulated lively debate on mechanisms for sovereign debt restructuring. The immediate threat of exit and the breakup of the currency union may have abated; but the problem of dealing with significant debt overhang remains. After considering two broad approaches - institutional versus contractual – we look at a hybrid solution that combines the best of both. In addition to debt contracts with Collective Action Clauses, this includes a key amendment to the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, together with innovative statecontingent contracts and a Special Purpose Vehicle to market them.

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  • Miller, Marcus & Thomas, Dania, 2013. "Eurozone Sovereign Debt Restructuring: promising legal prospects?," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 144, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
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