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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299366503321

Autore

Weller Leonardo

Titolo

Sovereign Debt Crises and Negotiations in Brazil and Mexico, 1888-1914 : Governments versus Bankers / / by Leonardo Weller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319736334

3319736337

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

336.340972

Soggetti

Finance, Public

Finance

History

International economic relations

Economic history

Financial services industry

Public Finance

Financial History

International Economics

Economic History

Financial Services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the relative balance of bargaining power between governments and the banks in charge of underwriting their debt during the first financial globalization. Brazil and Mexico, both indebted countries that underwent major changes in reputation and negotiating power as they faced financial crises, provide valuable case studies of government strategies for obtaining the best possible outcomes. Previous literature has focused on bankers' perspectives and emphasized that debtors were submissive during negotiations, but Weller finds that governments' negotiating power varied over time. He



presents a new analytical framework that interprets when and why officials were likely to negotiate loans more or less effectively, with newly uncovered primary sources from debtors' and creditors' archives suggesting key causes of variation: fiscal accounts, political stability, and creditors' exposure and reputation. .