This volume provides a pluralistic discussion from world-renowned scholars on the international aspects of the debt crisis and prospects for resolution. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of how the debt crisis has impacted Western Europe, the emerging markets and Latin America, and puts forward different suggestions for recovery.

This volume provides a pluralistic discussion from world-renowned scholars on the international aspects of the debt crisis and prospects for resolution. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of how the debt crisis has impacted Western Europe, the emerging markets and Latin America, and puts forward different suggestions for recovery.

PART I: ANALYTICAL ISSUES 1.1. Crises: Principles and Policies; Joseph Stiglitz 1.2. Comments; Martin Guzman PART II: DEBT CRISES: VARIETIES OF EXPERIENCES 2.1. The Latin American Debt Crisis in Historical Perspective; José Antonio Ocampo 2.2. Comments; Pablo Sanguinetti 2.3. What have the Crises in Emerging Markets and the Eurozone in Common and What Differentiates Them?; Roberto Frenkel 2.4. Comments; Ricardo Beczuk 2.5. From Austerity to Growth in Europe: some Lessons from Latin America; Stephany Griffith-Jones 2.6. Comments; Hernán Seoane PART III: DEBT DEFAULTS: COSTS AND RESTRUCTURING GAMES 3.1. Strategic Behavior in Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Impact and Policy Responses; Rohan Pitchford and Mark L. J. Wright 3.2. Comments; Federico Weinschelbaum 3.3. Sovereign Debt Restructuring: The Road Ahead; Benu Schneider 3.4. Comments; Fernando Navajas PART IV: DEALING WITH CRISES: INSTRUMENTS AND POLICIES 4.1. Saving the Euro: Self-fulfilling Crisis and the 'Draghi Put'; Marcus Miller 4.2. Comments; Alfredo Schclarek Curutchet 4.3. GDP-Linked Bonds and Sovereign Default; David Barr, Oliver Bush and Alex Pienkowski 4.4. Comments; Enrique Kawamura 4.5. Multiple Choices: Economic Policies in Crisis; Daniel Heymann and Axel Leijonhufvud 4.6. Comments; Jorge Carrera