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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Essays in International Finance

Abstract

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The third chapter analyzes issues about public debt maturity in a general equilibrium model of a small open economy under inflation target. Following a risk premium shock, the households of this economy suffer higher wealth losses if they finance the government with longer maturity nominal bond. This happens due to surprise inflation and because of the foregone returns not earned in a longer position. This result may explain the difficulty faced by several Treasuries of emerging economies to extend the debt maturity in moments of confidence crisis. Our simulations also indicate that stronger commitment to stable inflation helps a Treasury willing to extend debt maturity since it reduces wealth losses.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Economics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Ferreira, Mauro Sayar
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Anne Villamil

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3250240
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85578

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Ferreira, Mauro Sayar. Essays in International Finance. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85578