First-best debt relief

Gordon Menzies

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2003.07.009

First-best debt relief

Gordon Menzies

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The rationale for debt relief (J. Dev. Econ. 29 (1988) 253) is second best. In a first-best ontract, a debtor who clears a (partly forgiven) debt receives an additional payment from the creditor, called a hyper-incentive .

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-306
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	82
Issue number	2004
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2003.07.009
Publication status	Published - 2004

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