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Foreign Borrowing and Export Promotion Policies

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This paper considers the problem of allocation of investment for a debtor country that faces a ceiling on the amount of foreign debt it can accumulate. It shows that it is optimal for the debtor country to create a more open economy by favoring investment in the export sector over investment in the import-competing sector. The reason is that a more open economy is more sensitive to trade sanctions and therefore more creditworthy in international markets. Because international creditworthiness is basically an externality, there is a role for policy to provide higher returns to export producing activities.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 1989. "Foreign Borrowing and Export Promotion Policies," IMF Working Papers 1989/016, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:1989/016
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    Cited by:

    1. Smita Nath, 2013. "Free Trade Zones and Outstanding Debt," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 48(2), pages 203-218, May.
    2. Junko Koeda, 2008. "A Debt Overhang Model for Low-Income Countries," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 55(4), pages 654-678, December.
    3. Joshua Aizenman & Eduardo R. Borensztein, 1989. "Strategic Investment in a Debt Bargaining Framework," NBER Working Papers 3019, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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