TY - BOOK ED - International Monetary Fund. TI - A Delicate Equilibrium: Debt Relief and Default Penalties in an International Context T2 - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper SN - 1451926421 : SN - 1018-5941 PY - 1989/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Debt Contracts KW - imf KW - Debt Relief KW - Equation KW - Probability Distribution KW - Probability KW - Argentina N2 - Debt relief and penalties are discussed in connection with sovereign-country loans. We focus on conditions for the existence of penalties that are too low for ensuring Pareto efficiency, and show the possible time inconsistency of optimal debt contracts. A methodology for ascertaining debt relief implicit in international loans is outlined UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/14846-9781451926422/14846-9781451926422/14846-9781451926422.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451926422 ER -