Hope Springs Eternal: French Bondholders and the Repudiation

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Hope Springs Eternal: French Bondholders and the Repudiation of Russian Sovereign Debt

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PublisherYale University Press
Book FormatHardcover
ISBN-139780300190915
PublishedMay 12 2016
Dimension9.3 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches
Weight 1.19 pounds
BISACBusiness & Economics > Economic History
Categories(Single Author) Asian American
LanguageEnglish

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In 1918, the Soviet revolutionary government repudiated the Tsarist regime's sovereign debt, triggering one of the biggest sovereign defaults ever. Yet the price of Russian bonds remained high for years. Combing French archival records, Kim Oosterlinck shows that, far from irrational, investors had legitimate reasons to hope for repayment. Soviet debt recognition, a change in government, a bailout by the French government, or French banks, or a seceding country would have guaranteed at least a partial reimbursement. As Greece and other European countries raise the possibility of sovereign default, Oosterlinck's superbly researched study is more urgent than ever.

Author Bio

Kim Oosterlinck is professor of finance at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles .

Professor Oosterlinck's research interests include financial and monetary history, art markets and arts, and economics of war.

Professor Oosterlinck has also served on the editorial boards of Journal of Economic History (2015-2019). Bankers Markets and Investors 2013- Financial History Review 2009- ? Cliometrica 2006-, Explorations in Economic History (2014-2017).

Education

2003: Ph. D., Management Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles. Dissertation: "Sovereign debts in troubled times" Jury: A. Szafarz (Supervisor), F. Buelens, A. Chapelle, A. Farber, G. GallaisHamonno and J.-J. Heirwegh. Dissertation finalist for the EURONEXT-AFFI 2003 Dissertation Prize.

2001: Master, Art History and Archaeology, Université libre de Bruxelles, (major in prehistory). Thesis: "Les représentations anthropomorphes dans l'art rupestre de Scandinavie".

1998: Master, Management Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Thesis: "Les émissions d’emprunts d’Etat pendant la période de guerre".

Source: Université libre de Bruxelles

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