{"title":"Fiscal rules and sovereign default","authors":"Laura Alfaro , Fabio Kanczuk","doi":"10.1016/j.ememar.2025.101380","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Debt sustainability concerns in emerging markets (EMEs) highlight the critical need for effective fiscal rules, particularly in an era of financial fragmentation. This paper examines fiscal rules using a sovereign debt model incorporating present-biased government behavior, a key driver of excessive debt in EMEs. Welfare analysis underscores the effectiveness of simple debt ceilings in mitigating default risks and enhancing financial stability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47886,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Markets Review","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101380"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Emerging Markets Review","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566014125001293","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/10/13 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Debt sustainability concerns in emerging markets (EMEs) highlight the critical need for effective fiscal rules, particularly in an era of financial fragmentation. This paper examines fiscal rules using a sovereign debt model incorporating present-biased government behavior, a key driver of excessive debt in EMEs. Welfare analysis underscores the effectiveness of simple debt ceilings in mitigating default risks and enhancing financial stability.
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The intent of the editors is to consolidate Emerging Markets Review as the premier vehicle for publishing high impact empirical and theoretical studies in emerging markets finance. Preference will be given to comparative studies that take global and regional perspectives, detailed single country studies that address critical policy issues and have significant global and regional implications, and papers that address the interactions of national and international financial architecture. We especially welcome papers that take institutional as well as financial perspectives.